ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,770, issued on March 17, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Hinge mechanism for mounting a printed circuit board in an information handling system" was invented by Jeffrey M. Lewis (Maynard, Mass.) and Nicholas R. Laviolette (Sudbury, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information handling system includes an interconnect card, a first card guide, and a second card guide. The first card guide is in physical communication with the interconnect card. The second card guide is in physical communication with the interconnect card. The second card guide includes a hinge arm configured to transition between an open ...