ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,445, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Cover-equipped electronic device" was invented by Naoto Sasaki (Fukushima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A press-contact guide, a restraining guide, and a latching mechanism are provided between a housing of a device body and a cover. A restraining projection provided on the cover is inserted into an introduction opening to cause a press-contact projection to be pressed into contact with a press-contact slide part. In this state, the cover is slid in a latching-force-acting direction. Then, the cover moves with a restraining projection being restrained by t...