ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,551, issued on July 8, was assigned to Kioxia Corp. (Tokyo).

"Semiconductor storage device" was invented by Kazuya Nagasawa (Kamakura Kanagawa, Japan), Norihiro Ishii (Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan), Kazuhiro Nojima (Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan) and Tamotsu Fujimaki (Kawasaki Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor storage device according to an embodiment includes a board, an electronic component, and a holder. The board has a first surface. The electronic component includes a component main body and a first lead. The component main body is at a position out of the board in a direction parallel to the first surface. Th...