US Patent Issued to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY on March 25 for "Linkage for increasing the ductility of fiber reinforced polymer bars" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,760, issued on March 25, was assigned to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Linkage for increasing the ductility of fiber reinforced polymer bars" was invented by Abdulrahman Sulaiman Albidah (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Mohamed Jamal Alshannag (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The linkage for increasing the ductility of fiber reinforced polymer bars includes a solid central shaft and first and second hollow receiver portions. Each of the first and second hollow receiver portions has an open end and a closed end, with the closed ends being respectively secured to first and second ends of the solid central...