ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,873, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to King Yuan Electronics Co. Ltd. (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

"Cover opening and closing equipment" was invented by Teng Da Huang (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan), Po Han Kuo (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan) and Hsung Liang Chang (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cover opening and closing equipment includes a bottom plate, a guiding structure, at least one socket and a moving device. The guiding structure extends along a direction. The socket includes a base, a cover, a lock and a bendable driving portion. The base is disposed on the bottom plate and accommodates a chip. The cover connects with the base and covers t...