US Patent Issued to CETRES HOLDINGS on Feb. 10 for "Reinforced tie rod and a building wall using the same" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,134, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to CETRES HOLDINGS LLC (Jackson, Wyo.).

"Reinforced tie rod and a building wall using the same" was invented by Thomas M. Espinosa (Snohomish, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A building wall includes a bottom plate and a top plate; a first stud and a second stud extending between the bottom plate and the top plate, the first stud and the second stud are spaced apart and next to each other; a tie rod including a first end portion operably anchored to a foundation and a second end operably attached to the building wall; a sheathing attached to the bottom plate, the top plate, the first stud and...