ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,976, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).
"Locking mechanism and electronic device" was invented by Ting-Shou Chen (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Hung-Chuan Lin (Taoyuan, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking device for connecting a first housing to a second housing is provided, wherein the first housing and the second housing are arranged along a first direction. The locking mechanism includes a first hook, a second hook, a movable member, and a driving member. The first hook and the second hook are affixed to the first housing, and respectively have a first engaging recess and a second engag...