US Patent Issued to Jiangsu Sinoroad Engineering Technology Research Institute on May 27 for "Expansion device for deformation joints, pavement structure and construction method thereof" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,751, issued on May 27, was assigned to Jiangsu Sinoroad Engineering Technology Research Institute Co. LTD (Nanjing, China).

"Expansion device for deformation joints, pavement structure and construction method thereof" was invented by Zhixiang Zhang (Nanjing, China), Hui Zhang (Nanjing, China), Youqiang Pan (Nanjing, China), Menglong Zhao (Nanjing, China), Zhidong Chen (Nanjing, China) and Yongsheng Guan (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expansion device for deformation joints, a pavement structure and a construction method thereof. The device is installed above the deformation joint in a groove and consists of: a disp...