US Patent Issued to Mercer Spokane on April 22 for "Cross-laminated timber and cold-formed steel connector and system" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,469, issued on April 22, was assigned to Mercer Spokane LLC (Spokane, Wash.).

"Cross-laminated timber and cold-formed steel connector and system" was invented by Robert Malczyk (Vancouver, Canada), Hercend Mpidi Bita (Vancouver, Canada) and Ricardo Jose Delgado Sousa Brites (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cross-laminated timber (CLT) and cold formed steel (CFS) connector and system is provided. The CLT and CFS connector comprises a track, at least one fastener, and at least one spring. The track is configured to connect to at least one CFS stud. The at least one fastener includes a head and shaft. The at least one ...