ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,608,057, issued on April 21, was assigned to Quanta Computer Inc. (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

"Extendible bay for expansion card" was invented by Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Jen-Jia Liou (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Wei-Jie Chen (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Shao-Hsien Liu (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An extendible bay for an expansion card includes a base, an electrical connector, and an extender bracket. The base defines an interior space that is sized to receive at least a portion of the expansion card therein, and has an elongated shape with a first end and an opposing second end. The electrical connector is coupled to the bas...