US Patent Issued to HUNAN UNIVERSITY on July 28 for "Composite box girder structure and construction method therefor" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,674, issued on July 28, was assigned to HUNAN UNIVERSITY (Changsha, China).

"Composite box girder structure and construction method therefor" was invented by Xudong Shao (Changsha, China), Panpan Li (Changsha, China) and Junhui Cao (Changsha, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite box girder structure and a construction method therefore. The composite box girder structure includes a box enclosure and an inner core, the inner core includes a thin-walled steel shell, shear connectors, and diaphragms, and the thin-walled steel shell is attached and fixed to an interior of the box enclosure by means of the shear connectors. The...