ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,686, issued on June 17, was assigned to Acer Inc. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Housing structure of portable electronic device" was invented by Jui-Yi Yu (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing structure of portable electronic device including a first housing, a plurality of holders, a second housing, a plurality screw columns, and a plurality screws is provided. The holders are disposed on a first surface of the first housing respectively, and a receiving space is formed by each of the holders and the first housing. The screw columns are disposed on a second surface of the second housing to correspond to the receiving...