US Patent Issued to Marvell Asia on Aug. 4 for "Flanged stiffener ring" (North Carolina, Maine, Vermont Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,056, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Marvell Asia Pte Ltd (Singapore).

"Flanged stiffener ring" was invented by David M. Bond (Apex, N.C.), Richard S Graf (Gray, Maine) and Janak Patel (South Burlington, Vt.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flanged stiffener ring for device packages/electronic devices includes flanges protruding from the sides of the stiffener ring body. The flanged stiffener ring is of minimal material to keep weight low, but maintain rigidity and, thus provide stiffening forces to a substrate of the device package to inhibit substrate warpage."

The patent was filed on April 17, 2023, under Application No. 18/301,...