ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,415, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Inaba Denki Sangyo Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Pipe support member" was invented by Akira Shimizu (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe support member (1) that is connected to a base metal fitting (70) fixed to a structure (S) to support a pipe (P), includes a holding portion (11) configured to hold the pipe (P); base fixing portions (13) configured to be fixed to the base metal fitting (70) by fastening a first bolt (B1); and tightening action portions (16) configured to apply a tightening force to the holding portion (11) by fastening a second bolt (B2) different from the first bo...