ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,699, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).
"User-serviceable device" was invented by Casey Zelig (Lynnwood, Wash.), Ryan Eylander (Kent, Wash.) and Daniel Dhondt (Sammamish, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The description relates to devices, such as user-serviceable devices. One example can include a chassis defining a cavity accessible through a rear side and a rear cover positioned against the chassis over the rear side. The device can be configured to allow movement between the rear cover and the chassis substantially parallel to the rear side to lock the rear cover against th...