ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,585, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Spring, Texas).

"Mounting system for printed circuit boards" was invented by Peng Chianghsieh (Taipei, Taiwan), Yu-Shun Chang (Taipei, Taiwan) and Chi-Ting Yang (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mounting system for PCBs includes a cylindrical standoff and a fastener. The cylindrical standoff has a first end coupled to a support and a second end having a fastener hole, and multi-tiered shoulders formed between the first and second ends to interchangeably receive and mount respectively compatible PCBs to the support. Each shoulder includes a...