ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,395, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to COOLER MASTER Co. LTD. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Multi-material boss and method of making the same" was invented by Zhang Qing Song (New Taipei, Taiwan), Zhu Zhong Long (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Tu Po-Wen (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-material boss, configured for fastening of a fastener thereto, being a feature of a die cast part, comprising a boss cylinder, an augmenting cylinder, and a filler metal layer is provided. The boss cylinder is made of the same material as the die cast part having a first hardness, and has a first interior. The augmenting cylinder is made o...