ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,576, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Cassette Inc..

"Post tension and cantilever connection assembly for a modular construction" was invented by Armin Masroor (San Jose, Calif.), Dafna Kaplan (Los Angeles), Craig Hodgetts (Culver City, Calif.) and Dennis Rustad (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vertical structural connection assembly allowing a modular construction to be made with a plurality of modular units without any required welding on-site. A pin on top of each column of the modular units allows construction crews to easily stack the units one on top of one another. A cantilever plate is included within the ...