ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,309, issued on June 23, was assigned to WISTRON Corp. (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Storage device" was invented by Ssu-Chieh Kao (New Taipei City, Taiwan), Jian-Rong Liao (New Taipei City, Taiwan), Wei-Jen Liu (New Taipei City, Taiwan) and Chi-Jung Chen (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage device includes a storage cabin, a carrier assembly, a transmission assembly, a door assembly, and a controller set. The storage cabin has a receiving portion and an opening portion. The carrier assembly is located in the receiving portion, and includes a plurality of carrier plates. The transmission assembly is connecte...