US Patent Issued to LENOVO (SINGAPORE) on Aug. 12 for "Electronic apparatus capable of detecting unauthorized removal of screws from chassis" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,386, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. (Singapore).

"Electronic apparatus capable of detecting unauthorized removal of screws from chassis" was invented by Seiji Yamasaki (Yokohama, Japan), Hideshi Tsukamoto (Yokohama, Japan) and Minori Takao (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A screw fixing portion of an electronic apparatus includes a screw, a screw hole formed in a bottom cover to insert the screw therethrough, a stud provided on a top cover to be threaded with the screw, a substrate hole through which the screw is inserted at a point interposed between the bottom cover and the stud at a ...