ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,286, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Western Digital Technologies Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Storage device carrier and latching mechanism" was invented by Scott R. Patterson (Manitou Springs, Colo.), Andrew Altermatt (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Jeffrey D. Wilke (Palmer Lake, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device carrier mechanism configured for attachment to an electronic device such as a hard disk drive includes a pair of rotatable handles interlocked at a common first pivot at a proximal end of each handle and a respective second pivot at a distal end, a pair of pin mechanisms each coupled at the second pivot of a respec...