ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,851, issued on April 29, was assigned to Getac Technology Corp. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Waterproof gate assembly and electronic device" was invented by Kun-Cheng Lee (Taipei, Taiwan) and Juei-Chi Chang (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A waterproof gate assembly, which is configured to be mounted to a housing and includes a cover, an installation axle and a fixing member, is provided. The installation axle is connected to the cover, allowing the cover to rotate relative to the installation axle. The installation axle includes an axial groove, an engaging structure and a fixing structure. The axial groove is connected to th...