ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,682, issued on May 20, was assigned to Fulian Precision Electronics (Tianjin) Co. LTD. (Tianjin, China).
"Locking device and functional module" was invented by Jia-Feng Lin (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Chieh-Hsiang Lin (New Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking device and a functional module including the locking device are provided. The locking device includes a mounting frame with a latching column, and a locking assembly locking or releasing the mounting frame. The locking assembly includes a main body pivotally connected with the mounting frame, a latch rotatably connected with the main body, and a sliding cover sli...