US Patent Issued to ROBERT BIRD GROUP on June 17 for "System and methods employing prefabricated volumetric construction modules including transforming truss elements" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,509, issued on June 17, was assigned to ROBERT BIRD GROUP PTY LTD (Australia).

"System and methods employing prefabricated volumetric construction modules including transforming truss elements" was invented by Jason Langer (New York) and Christian Moore (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is the fabrication and implementation of prefabricated volumetric construction modules that include transitioning members that adjust between vertical support columns and structural trusses via lateral joints. Modification of vertical support columns to trusses enables open space configurations in volumetric construction. Each vo...