US Patent Issued to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS on June 23 for "Multi-directional load dissipation using multimaterial mechanical metamaterials" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,054, issued on June 23, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Multi-directional load dissipation using multimaterial mechanical metamaterials" was invented by Aamer Nazir (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Kashif Azher (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multimaterial mechanical metamaterial (MMM) system for multi-directional load dissipation includes a rigid structural framework made of a first material, including left, right, and middle structures. This framework houses elastic bars made of a second, more elastic material. Upon application of a compressive load, the ge...