ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,521, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Co. LP (Spring, Texas).

"Computing module locking devices" was invented by Derek Kyle Joseph Kanas (Spring, Texas), Tony Moon (Spring, Texas) and Michael John Bugos (Spring, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some examples, a device comprises a circuit board including a sliding channel and a locking aperture and a locking device comprising a shelf, a stay disposed on a first surface of the shelf, an extension member connected to a second surface of the shelf, the second surface being opposite the first surface, and a wing extending from the extension member, the w...