ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,923, issued on July 28.
"Isolation energy absorber" was invented by Chong-Shien Tsai (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An isolation energy absorber has at least one core post, two supporting boards, multiple first material layers, and multiple second material layers. The at least one core post is a columnar body and is made of zinc metal or zinc alloy that has been metal smelted to have a shear strain capacity of at least 50%. The two supporting boards are respectively disposed on two ends of the isolation energy absorber at a spaced interval. The first material layers and the second material layers are alternately mo...