ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,441, issued on July 7, was assigned to Mellanox Technologies Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Receptacle cage with integrated plate for limiting the flow of air through the interior of the receptacle cage" was invented by Alex Kremenetsky (Yokneam, Israel), Andrey Ger (Yokneam, Israel) and Ron Hartston (Yokneam, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A receptacle cage which may include: a frame including: a first frame end, a second frame end, a frame interior, a first frame surface and a second frame surface opposed to the first frame surface; and a plate projecting from the first frame surface into the frame interior towards the second frame...