ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,407,133, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Circuit board device for inserting an expansion card" was invented by Feng Huang (Taipei, Taiwan), Zhaowei Sheng (Taipei, Taiwan) and Wen-Ting Yu (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circuit board device is adapted for inserting an expansion card with an electrical end and a locking part. The circuit board device includes a circuit board body, a slot, and a linkage structure located beside the slot. The linkage structure includes a connecting rod with a first end, a second, and an axis, a pressing part, and a fixing part. The pressing part is...