US Patent Issued to SOM IW HOLDINGS on Dec. 30 for "Timber-concrete composite connector and ductile reinforcement chair" (California, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,882, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SOM IW HOLDINGS LLC (New York).

"Timber-concrete composite connector and ductile reinforcement chair" was invented by Benton Johnson (Chicago) and Mark Peter Sarkisian (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A timber-concrete composite floor or roof system connector that provides high slip modulus stiffness and resiliency through a combination of mechanical and adhesive connections to a timber substrate, ductile structural behavior under ultimate loading, and an integrated method for chair support of concrete slab reinforcing members during wet concrete placement."

The patent was filed o...