ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,132, issued on July 21, was assigned to Solidigm Inc. (Rancho Cordova, Calif.).

"Releasable spacer, solid-state drive assembly, and method to manufacture the same" was invented by Gabriel Khouri (El Dorado Hills, Calif.), Jason Brand (Placerville, Calif.), John Hung (Vancouver, Canada), Timothy Rothman (El Dorado, Calif.), Jaspal Singh Bhachu (Delta, Canada) and Jiaqi Deng (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatuses, and methods may provide for technology for a releasable spacer associating a first printed circuit board with a second printed circuit board. The releasable spacer includes a first portion and a second ...