ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,711, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to PEGATRON Corp. (Taipei City, Taiwan).
"Locking structure and buckling washer" was invented by Ting-Xuan Hua (Taipei City, Taiwan), Ming-Te Lin (Taipei City, Taiwan) and Chi-Ming Tsai (Taipei City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking structure and a buckling washer are provided. The locking structure is provided for locking an object having a thru-hole. The locking structure includes a stud sleeve, a buckling washer, and a screw. The buckling washer is disposed on the stud sleeve, and the buckling washer includes a carrying portion and a plurality of hook portions. The carrying porti...