ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,708, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to PEGATRON Corp. (Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Buffer assembly" was invented by Kuo-Chi Chen (Taipei City, Taiwan) and Wei-Pang Chi (Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A buffer assembly includes a screw rod, a base, a rotating element and a clamping ring. The rotating element is rotatably disposed on the base along a rotation axis. The rotating element includes a through hole. The clamping ring is detachably connected to the rotating element along a connection axis, so that the clamping ring is adapted to switch to a connected state or an open state. The clamping ring includes a positio...