US Patent Issued to Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology on June 30 for "Direction-adjustable bolted spherical joint for collapse resistance and earthquake resistance" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,985, issued on June 30, was assigned to Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology (Xi'an, China).

"Direction-adjustable bolted spherical joint for collapse resistance and earthquake resistance" was invented by Limin Tian (Xi'an, China) and Yuefeng Kou (Xi'an, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a direction-adjustable bolted spherical joint for collapse resistance and earthquake resistance. The joint includes a connecting component, disposed between a bolt ball and a member. The connecting component includes a threaded barrel, the threaded barrel is screwed into a connecting hole on the bolt ball, a connecting rod i...