US Patent Issued to AMD Design on July 21 for "Printed circuit board thumbscrew locking reinforcement structure" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,134, issued on July 21, was assigned to AMD Design LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Printed circuit board thumbscrew locking reinforcement structure" was invented by David Liang (West Orange, N.J.) and Jeff Valerio (Secaucus, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reinforcement structure is provided for reinforcing a thumbscrew that fastens a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly to a metal carrier. The reinforcement structure may include a cap configured to engage with the thumbscrew. The cap may include a hollow cylindrical body having an outer sidewall and outer gears on the outer sidewall. The reinforcement structure may also include a bas...