ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,992, issued on June 10, was assigned to Knauf Gips KG (Iphofen, Germany).
"Dry-construction stud and dry-construction wall with a dry-construction stud" was invented by Sylvia Rachwitz (Griesheim, Germany) and Michael Viebahn (Iphofen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a dry-connection stud having a web and a first and second flange connected to the web, wherein flange beads are provided in at least one of the flanges, wherein the flange beads each extend in the longitudinal direction of the stud over a flange bead length that is less than an overall length of the stud, wherein the flange beads are dispo...