ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,542, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).
"Expansion card adaptation" was invented by P. Daniel Kangas (Raleigh, N.C.) and James Michael Dupuy (Cary, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, system, and method for emulating a computer expansion card. The apparatus includes an edge connector comprising a plurality of pin fingers, the edge connector conforming with a first connector type and a socket connector configured to receive a computer expansion card conforming with a second connector type. The apparatus further includes a PCB comprising a logic adapter configured to convert a fir...