ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,103, issued on April 15, was assigned to CHIEN KUO CONSTRUCTION Co. LTD. (Taipei, Taiwan).
"Stirrup module for beam reinforcement system and manufacturing method of beam reinforcement system" was invented by Chang-Shiou Wu (Taipei, Taiwan), Sheng-Yi Yen (Taipei, Taiwan) and Chia-Hsuan Huang (Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stirrup module includes a bottom rib and a first erect bar, a second erect bar, a third erect bar and a fourth erect bar that are arranged in parallel to each other. The third erect bar is located between the first erect bar and the second erect bar. The fourth erect bar is located between the third ...