ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,438, issued on July 15, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Electronic device" was invented by Norikazu Kaneda (Osaka, Japan) and Masaaki Sasaki (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device stores and holds a battery as a drive power source and has a configuration in which the battery can be attached/detached to/from the electronic device. In the electronic device, the battery lid in the electronic device includes a lid plate having a rib, and a lock plate configured to be movable to a first position and a second position with respect to the lid plate, and when the...