US Patent Issued to Dell Products on Oct. 21 for "Space efficient rail design for rear input/output modules" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,880, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Space efficient rail design for rear input/output modules" was invented by Patrick Illingworth (Austin, Texas) and Eduardo Escamilla (Round Rock, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting rail for an input/output module of an information handling system is disclosed. The mounting rail includes a main portion, first and second railings, a non-threaded channel, and a threaded engagement. The main portion includes first, second, third, and fourth surfaces. The first and second surfaces intersect at a first edge of the first surface. The first railing ex...