ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,804, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea).
"Tensile transmission tower design" was invented by Hyun Seo (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed in the present invention is a transmission tower comprising: a mast part erected on the ground; one or more arm members, which are provided vertically with respect to the longitudinal direction of the mast part to hold transmission lines; at least one buckling-prevention member holding part provided in the longitudinal direction of the mast part; a plurality of buckling-prevention members, which pass through the...