ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,712, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to MOLTEN Corp. (Hiroshima, Japan).

"Joining member and assemblable frame" was invented by Kazuyuki Wakibayashi (Hiroshima, Japan) and Jun Uchida (Hiroshima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A joining member includes a first support portion supporting a first pole member in the longitudinal direction at the bottom surface, a second support portion supporting a second pole member in the longitudinal direction at the bottom surface, a first contact portion located on one side of the first support portion along the longitudinal direction of the first pole member and contacting the first pole memb...