ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,391, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. (Singapore).

"Computing device" was invented by Thomas Perelli (Morrisville, N.C.) and Ali Ent (Morrisville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computing device can include a processor; memory accessible to the processor; a display housing that includes a display operatively coupled to the processor; a base housing that includes a keyboard operatively coupled to the processor, a shell and a component space access hatch that define a component space, and a controllable latch to lock and unlock the component space access hatch; a hinge assembly that couples the dis...