US Patent Issued to BlueScope Buildings North America on June 2 for "System for autonomous attachment of metal decking" (American, Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,241, issued on June 2, was assigned to BlueScope Buildings North America Inc. (Kansas City, Mo.).

"System for autonomous attachment of metal decking" was invented by Dan Kumm (Kansas City, Mo.), Derek Andrew Mazur (Reno, Nev.), Brent Baskin (Littleton, Colo.), Dylan Lee Shadoan (Black Hawk, Colo.), Joshua Thomas Grip (Arvada, Colo.), Kyle Joseph FitzGerald (Broomfield, Colo.), Rourke Ridnour Anders (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Timothy J. Louey (Glen Waverly, Australia) and Kirk Brian Williams (Golden, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous system attaches corrugated metal decking to roof structural members such as purlins, t...