US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on June 9 for "Tray with moveable connector for chassis side plane engagement" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,652,775, issued on June 9, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Tray with moveable connector for chassis side plane engagement" was invented by Alexis Grace Schubert (Seattle), Martha G. Peterson (Woodinville, Wash.), Jorge Luis Juarez Campos (Bothell, Wash.), Daniel Afsheen Mohaghegh (Seattle) and Wade Doll (Enumclaw, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tray is adapted for insertion within a tray slot formed in a chassis. The tray includes a lever and a moveable connector that protrudes from and engages with a side plane of the chassis in response to rotation of the lever."

The patent was filed on Mar...