ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,009, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to QUANTA COMPUTER INC. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Lock assembly and computing system including the same" was invented by Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Ming-Lung Wang (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Jia-Lin Liu (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Nan-Chun Wu (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computing system includes a computing tray for receiving a computing device; a latch attached to the computing tray for releasing the computing tray during installation or removal operations; and a lock assembly for preventing accidental release of the computing tray. The lock assembly includes a fixed bracket having two...