ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,753, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Transporting apparatus with shock absorbing elements" was invented by Yueh-Sheng Hsu (Taoyuan County, Taiwan) and Liang-Kun Zhu (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a transporting apparatus. The transporting apparatus can include the following components: a first frame support configured to support an object; a second frame support configured to roll the transporting apparatus and to move relative to the first frame support; and a plurality of shock absorbing elements positioned between the ...