Wistron Assigned Patent

Wistron Corporation, New Taipei, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (10,490,230) developed by Chen, Jhih-Ming, Shiu, Meng-Chian, and Lo, Chi-Jen, New Taipei, Taiwan, for “optical disk drive and locking module.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”An optical disk drive, (ODD) including a shell and a locking module is provided. The shell includes a main body portion and a side portion, and the side portion is connected to the main body portion. A concave space is formed between a side surface of the main body portion and a top surface of the side portion. The locking module is disposed inside the concave space. The ODD is detachably held in a support frame of an electronic device through the locking module. In addition, a locking module is also provided.”

The patent application was filed on July 10, 2017 (15/644,833).