US Patent Issued to ZT Group Int'l on March 25 for "Chassis interlock latch with auto-lock mechanism" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,500, issued on March 25, was assigned to ZT Group Int'l Inc. (Secaucus, N.J.).

"Chassis interlock latch with auto-lock mechanism" was invented by Chen An (Secaucus, N.J.), Mahesh Kumar Varrey (Secaucus, N.J.), Zichun Song (Secaucus, N.J.) and Robert Hastings (Secaucus, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A latch assembly provides options for the retention within a rack of a chassis, and the retention within the chassis of a device. With the device in a device slot of the chassis, and the chassis installed in the rack, a first latch in a completely extended position prevents the device from being removed from the slot and prevents a ...