ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,566, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Sandisk Technologies Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.).
"Snap fit bracket for electrolytic capacitors" was invented by Shiqiang Sun (Shenzhen, China), Ning Ye (San Jose, Calif.) and Lihwa Fong (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A snap fit bracket for a capacitor slideably couples the capacitor to an opening defined by a substrate. The snap fit bracket includes four sidewalls that form a perimeter. The perimeter defines an opening into which the capacitor is horizontally positioned. A first channel is provided on a first side of the snap fit bracket and a second channel is provided on a second...