ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,174, issued on April 14, was assigned to ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL) (Lausanne, Switzerland).
"Load bearing device" was invented by Corentin Fivet (Fribourg, Switzerland), Dario Redaelli (Fribourg, Switzerland), Alex-Manuel Muresan (Bern, Switzerland) and Jan Brutting (Fribourg, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present relates to a device being used in modular building construction comprising at least one flat load support comprising a first main face and a second main face, at least one elongated load support designed for being coupled with said flat load support. The device is characterized in tha...