ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,236, issued on June 30.
"Annular clamp device" was invented by Mark Dixon (Morrisville, N.C.), Garrett Goss (Cary, N.C.), Alex Blate (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Douglas Bennett (Chapel Hill, N.C.) and Anna Bennett (Chapel Hill, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus including: a first clamp plate having an inner diameter defining an aperture, a first outer diameter, and a first thickness; a second clamp plate having: a second outer diameter, and a second thickness. The bottom clamp plate and the top clamp plate are configured to clamp a printed circuit board by penetrating the printed circuit board, the printed circuit board inclu...