ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,133, issued on July 21, was assigned to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Spring, Texas).

"System board with staggered power connectors and power adapters facilitating compatability with different chassis" was invented by Chui Ching Chiu (Taoyuan City, Taiwan), Chih-Wei Chiang (Taoyuan City, Taiwan) and Kunhan Chen (Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system board for an information processing device includes a printed circuit board (PCB), electronic components formed in and/or mounted to the PCB, a first power connector mounted to the PCB, and a second power connector mounted to the PCB. The PCB has a stepp...