ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,271,226, issued on April 8, was assigned to GETAC TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Taiwan).

"Computer with function expansion mechanism and function expansion method without removal of computer" was invented by Hsin-Chih Chou (Taipei, Taiwan), Juei-Chi Chang (Taipei, Taiwan), Wan-Lin Hsu (Taipei, Taiwan) and Kun-Cheng Lee (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer with a function expansion mechanism includes a computer host and a function expansion device. The computer host includes a base and a functional base cover covering the base. A bottom surface of the base has a first opening, and the base is provided therein with a connector exp...