US Patent Issued to Durafuse Frames on Sept. 9 for "Structural fuses configured to yield in tension and compression and structures including the same" (Utah Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,604, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Durafuse Frames LLC (West Jordan, Utah).

"Structural fuses configured to yield in tension and compression and structures 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, structures including the same, and methods of using and forming the same. In an embodiment, a structural fuse is disclosed. The structural fuse includes a first attachment region defining one or more first bolt holes, a second attachment region defining one or more second bolt holes, and a yielding region between the first attach...