ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,531, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Tenka Inc. (Willits, Calif.).
"Circuit blocks" was invented by Nathaniel W. MacDonald (Willits, Calif.) and John F. Schuster (Willits, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Circuit blocks are provided. A circuit block may include a corner section including an outer edge and an inner edge, opposite the outer edge, the corner section including a flexible, conductive material. The circuit block may also include a retainer section configured to electrically couple to a substrate. The inner edge of the corner section and the retainer section may be configured to form an inner region configured to re...