ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,865, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Spring, Texas).

"Latching assembly for a handle of a drive carrier" was invented by Sunil Rao Ganta Papa Rao Bala (Cypress, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive carrier includes a frame to receive and carry a media drive, a handle assembly, and a latching assembly having a helical compression spring and a latch. The handle assembly having a handle is pivotably connected to the frame and configured to rotate relative to the frame between open and closed positions. The handle assembly in its closed position, is configured to engage to a drive cag...