ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,737, issued on May 5, was assigned to GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (New Taipei City, Taiwan).
"Motherboard and connector" was invented by Chih-Ming Lai (New Taipei City, Taiwan), Yung-Shun Kao (New Taipei City, Taiwan) and Tzu-Hsiang Huang (New Taipei City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motherboard includes a circuit board and a connector mounted on the circuit board. The connector comprises a socket and a latch pivotally mounted on one end of the socket. The latch comprises a body, a pressing member connected to one side of the body and extending outward from one side of the body to the outside of the socket, exposing an ar...