ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,885, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Fulian Precision Electronics (Tianjin) Co. LTD. (Tianjin, China).
"Linkage mechanism and latching assembly having the same" was invented by Jia-Feng Lin (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Chieh-Hsiang Lin (New Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linkage mechanism includes a first fixing member and a movable member. The first fixing member defines a first slot. The movable member includes a handle, a steering plate, and a latching plate. The handle is rotatably connected to the first fixing member. The steering plate has first and second portions. The first portion is rotatably connected to th...