ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,884, issued on June 17, was assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd. (North Ryde, Australia).

"Enclosure assembly for housing a bank notes acceptor within an electronic gaming machine" was invented by Noel Voloh (Sydney), Conrado Villegas Jr. (Salisbury, Australia), Vladimir Halic (Wollongong, Australia) and Nicholas Abraham (North Ryde, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An enclosure assembly for securely housing a bank notes acceptor (BNA) for use with an electronic gaming machine (EGM) is provided. The enclosure assembly includes a housing defining an interior for receiving the BNA. The housing includes an enga...