ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,381, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"Corner shield protection for surface mount devices" was invented by Edmilson Besseler (San Jose, Calif.) and Shu-Fong Tsau (Palatine, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some examples, a corner shield is provided for protecting a surface-mount device (SMD) on a printed circuit board (PCB). An example corner shield comprises a rigid structure configured to conform to a corner area of the SMD, and one or more mounting surfaces configured to mount the rigid structure to one or more soldering pads on the PCB adjacent to the SMD."
The patent was filed on Aug. 2...