ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,420, issued on July 15, was assigned to Durafuse Frames LLC (West Jordan, Utah).
"Structural fuses and connection systems including the same" was invented by Paul Williams Richards (Orem, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are directed to structural fuses and connection systems including the same. An example structural fuse includes at least one plate. The structural fuse includes a plurality of cutouts formed in the plate. The cutouts are configured to cause at least one first yield region of the plate to yield when a first load is applied to the plate. Optionally, the plurality of cutouts are configured to cause at lea...