US Patent Issued to Apple on Jan. 28 for "Electronic devices having folding expandable displays" (California, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,267, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Electronic devices having folding expandable displays" was invented by Owen D. Hale (Oakland, Calif.), Tatsuya Sano (San Jose, Calif.), Chang-Chia Huang (Cupertino, Calif.), Yasmin F. Afsar (Princeton, N.J.), Hoon Sik Kim (San Jose, Calif.) and Michael B. Wittenberg (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device has a foldable display. First and second portions of an electronic device housing for the device may be joined using hinge structures. A flexible display may overlap the first housing portion, the hinge structures, and the second hous...