ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,233, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to FutureWei Technologies Inc. (Addison, Texas).

"System and method for a frameless modular electronic device" was invented by Wenqian Hu (Addison, Texas), Han Su (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Jian Li (Waltham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology discloses a frameless modular multi-functional electronic device. The electronic device includes a base module with a processor and multiple component modules, at least one of which is configured to connect directly in contact with the base module. The modules each include a connecting member to slidably align and mate the component modul...