US Patent Issued to DBM GLOBAL on Sept. 16 for "Systems and methods for fabrication and use of brace designs for braced frames" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,149, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to DBM GLOBAL INC. (Phoenix).

"Systems and methods for fabrication and use of brace designs for braced frames" was invented by Clayton J. Allen (Peoria, Ariz.), Ralph M. Richard (Tucson, Ariz.) and Rudolph E. Radau Jr. (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present invention relate to a structural frame member which includes a brace member that is used to absorb energy when the structural frame is subjected to loadings such as seismic, wind and gravity loads. The brace member is coupled to a restraining member that increases the buckling capacity of the brace member so ...