ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,833, issued on May 27, was assigned to QUANTA COMPUTER INC. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Locking systems for server cabinets" was invented by Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Hsi-Chi Chien (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Jen-Jia Liou (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Keng-Yi Lin (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to a cabinet for storing server equipment. The cabinet includes a fan cover disposed over the cabinet and configured to secure a plurality of fan units, and a locking system for securing the fan cover. The fan cover has a channel disposed along a front edge of the fan cover. The locking system inclu...