US Patent Issued to Quanta Computer on July 7 for "Toolless latch for securing a component module" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,390, issued on July 7, was assigned to Quanta Computer Inc. (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

"Toolless latch for securing a component module" was invented by Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng (Taoyuan City, Taiwan), Tung-Hsien Wu (Taoyuan City, Taiwan), Hsiang-Pu Ni (Taoyuan City, Taiwan) and Ren Zhi Zhang (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A component module for a computer device with a toolless attachment mechanism is disclosed. The component module includes a support plate and a connector insertable in a slot on a motherboard of the computer device. A rotatable latch is mounted on the support plate. The rotatable latch has a locked positi...