ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,232, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Port replicator" was invented by Takamitsu Suzuki (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A port replicator of the present disclosure includes: a main body including a placement surface on which an electronic device is placed, and a first hole and a second hole provided in the placement surface; a pop-up component that is disposed in the first hole and is movable in a direction intersecting the placement surface; a shaft that is disposed in the main body and rotatable; a hook component that is disposed in the second hole ...