US Patent Issued to Intel on May 13 for "Dual in-line memory module (DIMM) socket that prevents improper DIMM release" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,931, issued on May 13, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Dual in-line memory module (DIMM) socket that prevents improper DIMM release" was invented by Xiang Li (Portland, Ore.) and George Vergis (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a dual-in line memory module (DIMM) socket having a first latch and a second latch. One of the first latch and the second latch having a feature for a user to apply force to release a DIMM from the DIMM socket. The other of the first latch and the second latch not having a feature for the user to apply force so that one end of th...