ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,178, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Taipei, Taiwan).
"Circuit board" was invented by Wei-Chia Liao (Taipei, Taiwan), Wen-Ting Yu (Taipei, Taiwan), Chin-Chuan Wu (Taipei, Taiwan) and Yi-Min Hsu (Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit board is adapted for inserting an expansion card with an electrical contact part, a non-electrical convex part, and a positioning part. The circuit board includes a board body, a slot, a release structure, and a transmission mechanism. The slot is disposed on the board body and includes a socket, a connecting end, and an outer surface. The socket is adapted for ...