ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,644, issued on May 6, was assigned to CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (New Taipei, Taiwan).
"Card reader with a protective mechanism" was invented by Xiao-Xiang Guan (Dong-Guan, China), Ming-Wei Lee (New Taipei, Taiwan), Jin-Huai Mo (Dong-Guan, China) and Wei-Jian Wen (Dong-Guan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A card reader with a protective mechanism includes an upper shell, a lower shell, a protective mechanism and a circuit board assembly. An upper portion of a front end of the upper shell slantwise extends downward and rearward, and then is bent rearward to form an upper extending portion. A lower portion of the front...