ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,116, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH (Sharjah, United Arab Emirates).
"Radially perforated damper for beam to column damping" was invented by Mohammad Almohammad-Albakkar (Sharjah, United Arab Emirates) and Zaid Al-Sadoon (Sharjah, United Arab Emirates).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure discloses a radially perforated damper for damping relative movement between a beam and a column. The radially perforated damper comprises at least two radially perforated damping plates, each radially perforated damping plate comprising a central connecting portion configured to rigidly connect to the beam....