ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,276, issued on June 24, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Memory module connector" was invented by Wei Lu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector for connecting a circuit card to a substrate. The connector includes a housing and forklocks. The housing is in an elongated shape and includes a slot for accepting an edge of the circuit card. The forklocks are extended from a bottom surface of the housing on each end of the housing. The forklocks are inserted into through holes formed in the substrate to secure the housing to the substrate. The forklocks are rotated by a predetermined degree of a...