US Patent Issued to Simpson Strong-Tie on June 2 for "Fastening and alignment member" (California, Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,275, issued on June 2, was assigned to Simpson Strong-Tie Co. Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).

"Fastening and alignment member" was invented by Michael S. Downs (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho), Jin-Jie Lin (Livermore, Calif.), Timothy M. Stauffer (Pleasant Hill, Calif.), Emmet J Mielbrecht (Danville, Calif.) and Dustin P. Muhn (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection between a connector, a fastener and one or more structural members is disclosed. The connector can be formed with a fastening and alignment member. The fastening and alignment member includes a projecting member and a protruding member in close proximity to a predeterm...