ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,245, issued on July 21, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland).

"Strut channel assemblies for industrial facilities and methods of assembling same" was invented by Kuldeep Bhathija (Hyderabad, India), Prashant Sudhakar Zende (Hyderabad, India) and Kevin Jolly (Cordova, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A strut channel assembly for constructing a heavy-duty trapeze system in an industrial facility is provided. The strut channel assembly includes an elongated strut channel including a bottom wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall. The first side wall and the second side wall extend from the bottom wall and faci...