ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,555, issued on April 7, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Edge-fit pins" was invented by Lee Francis (Milton Keynes, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pin includes a head, a base connected to the head, a tail connected to the base, and clasps extending from the tail. The head includes two or more of the following: a hook, a first side notch, a second side notch, and an end notch. A module includes a substrate, a first pin mounted to the substrate at a first location, and a second pin mounted to the substrate at a second location. A distance between a tip of the first pin and a tip of the seco...