ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,102, issued on June 2, was assigned to Quanta Computer Inc. (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

"Release lever mechanism for server chassis sleds" was invented by Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng (Taoyuan City, Taiwan), Tung-Hsien Wu (Taoyuan City, Taiwan), Chia-Hung Kao (Taoyuan City, Taiwan) and Jun-Zhe Weng (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compact lever mechanism for assisting in removing and inserting a sled in a chassis is disclosed. The lever mechanism has a longitudinal lever member. A spur gear having gear teeth is coupled to one end of the longitudinal lever member. An ejector component is rotatably connected to the sled. The ejec...