ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,006, issued on July 21.
"Space frame" was invented by Ildar Vazyhovich Nuriev (Nizhnekamsk, Russia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the field of building, and more particularly to a space frame, and can be used for creating wall structures, columns, supports, ceilings and complex dome structures for different purposes. The space frame comprises rods and polyhedral nodes with threaded apertures on the faces thereof for fastening said rods, wherein the rods have a tubular cylindrical shape and have an external thread on their ends, the diameter of the external thread of a rod corresponding to the diameter of a th...