ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,444, issued on May 27, was assigned to Submer Technologies SL (Barcelona, Spain).

"IT hardware apparatus and method" was invented by Jonathan Huet (L'hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain), Julia Marsal Perendreu (L'hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain), David Montes Monteserin (L'hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain) and Scott Noteboom (L'hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and method for the positional interchange of IT hardware nodes at an IT hardware rack. The present apparatus comprises at least one tab attached or attachable to an IT hardware node, each tab provided with a first lock part, an articulator unit h...