ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,481, issued on April 21, was assigned to ACER Inc. (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Receiving device" was invented by Ching-Yi Lu (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A receiving device is provided in this disclosure. The receiving device comprises a housing, a slider, an interface component and a first elastic component. The slider is movably arranged on the housing. The interface component is disposed on the housing. The first elastic component is connected between the housing and the slider. In response to an external device entering the housing, the slider is contacted by the external device to slide until the exte...