ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,433, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to KING SLIDE TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).
"Lock device" was invented by Ken-Ching Chen (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Chun-Ta Liu (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Hsin-Cheng Su (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and Shu-Chen Lin (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock device adapted for a first object and a second object movable relative to the first object includes a slider, a driving module, a latch and a power module. The driving module can drive the slider to move between a locking position and an unlocking position. The latch is movable relative to the slider. The power module can provide electricit...