ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,129, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Sekisui House Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Building and method for constructing building" was invented by Makoto Ochiai (Osaka, Japan), Kazuki Ichikawa (Osaka, Japan) and Masayuki Ogawa (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This building comprises a foundation, a main building part that is provided to the foundation and that has a framework structure, and a roof that is provided to the main building part and that has a truss structure. Moreover, a method for constructing the building includes: a first step for forming the foundation; a second step for creating the main building part having a fr...