US Patent Issued to PRINCE MOHAMMAD BIN FAHD UNIVERSITY on Aug. 18 for "Shear panel for use in modular construction of buildings" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,891, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to PRINCE MOHAMMAD BIN FAHD UNIVERSITY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Shear panel for use in modular construction of buildings" was invented by Tahar Ayadat (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Samar Dernayka (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shear panel for use in the modular construction of buildings including: a bottom base disposed horizontally and including a first ferroconcrete; a frame including a first pair of parallel steel walls and second pair of parallel steel walls, wherein the length (lf) and the width (wf) of the steel frame are respectively less than the length (lb) and wid...