ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,083, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Buffer for holding a pipe" was invented by Po Yao Li (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Shao Chang Tu (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Tsung-Ying Wu (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Wei Chih Lin (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A buffer for holding a pipe adapted to transport a fluid includes a base. The buffer further includes a plurality of fingers extending outwardly from a first side of the base, wherein a first finger of the plurality of fingers and a second finger of the plurality of fingers define a cavity for receiving the pipe, the first finger...