ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,946, issued on July 7, was assigned to YAMAICHI ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Cage and cage assembly" was invented by Toshiyasu Ito (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cage configured to be attached to a face of a circuit board and accommodate external devices inserted into the cage along a depth direction substantially orthogonal to the face includes at least one vertical unit. The vertical unit defines a port set where ports as spaces to accommodate the external devices are aligned in the vertical direction, has two vertical plates extending in the vertical direction, spanning over the entire height in the vertical direction of...