ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,450,971, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Brother Kogyo K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Control apparatus" was invented by Yosuke Kumagai (Owariasahi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control apparatus includes a housing, a holding plate pivotable between a first state at which a first surface of the holding plate is close to the first panel and a second state at which the first surface is spaced apart from the first panel, and a locking member. The locking member includes a locking plate, a bush and a pin. The locking plate is pivotably supported so as to be pivotable about an opening of the engaging portion in a state in which the engag...