ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,928, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Acer Inc. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Body structure of portable computer" was invented by Hui-Ping Sun (New Taipei, Taiwan), Jui-Yi Yu (New Taipei, Taiwan), Chun-Hung Wen (New Taipei, Taiwan), Yen-Chou Chueh (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Chun-Hsien Chen (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A body structure of a portable computer including a case, a keyboard module, a touch pad module, and a cover. The case has an inner surface and an exterior surface opposite to each other, and the exterior surface is exposed to an outer environment. The case further has a first receiving opening, a seco...