ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,938, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Getac Technology Corp. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Electronic device and locking assembly thereof" was invented by Kun-Cheng Lee (Taipei, Taiwan), Juei-Chi Chang (Taipei, Taiwan), Tsung-Liang Hung (Taipei, Taiwan) and Chen-Ping Wang (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a first case, a second case, and a locking assembly. The first case includes a first fixing surface, and the first fixing surface has a locking part. The second case includes a second fixing surface and two receiving grooves, and the two receiving grooves are respectively arranged on two sides o...