ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,125, issued on July 21, was assigned to Mettler-Toledo GmbH (Greifensee, Switzerland).

"Printed circuit board assembly" was invented by Wendelin Albrecht (Feusisberg, Switzerland) and Stefan Wyss (Maur, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Printed circuit board (PCB) assembly includes a printed circuit board, an electronic component mounted on the PCB at a mounting portion thereof. The electronic component includes a plurality of electrical connection terminals for soldering to corresponding connection locations of the PCB. The mounting portion has an aperture facing the electronic component mounted on the PCB. At least one of ...