ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,800, issued on May 20, was assigned to MASEK MCMULLIN AND LARSEN LLC (Roy, Utah).
"Seismic bracing yield fuse" was invented by John P. Masek (Roy, Utah), Paul W. McMullin (Sandy, Utah) and Blake C. Larsen (Hooper, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seismic bracing yield fuse includes at least one housing member, and a fuse member housed within or mounted externally to the at least one housing member. The fuse member is configured to undergo ductile yielding in a length dimension upon application of a tensile force along the length dimension of the fuse member, and the at least one housing member is configured to accommodate a chan...