ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,600, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Quanta Computer Inc. (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

"Connector with a slot for a small circuit board" was invented by Chao-Jung Chen (Taoyuan City, Taiwan) and Hou-Hsien Chang (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector consisting of a body, a first slot, a second slot, a first terminal, and a second terminal is disclosed. The first slot is provided on the body to receive a first printed circuit board (PCB). The second slot is provided on the body to receive a second PCB. The first slot and the second slot are separate and distinct slots. When the first PCB and the second PCB are ...