ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,271,237, issued on April 8, was assigned to ASUSTek COMPUTER INC. (Taipei, Taiwan).
"Foldable electronic device" was invented by Chih-Han Chang (Taipei, Taiwan), Tsung-Ju Chiang (Taipei, Taiwan), Chi-Hung Lin (Taipei, Taiwan) and Yen-Ting Liu (Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable electronic device includes a first body having an end and a first inclined surface, a second body having a second inclined surface, and a hinge module. The end includes an accommodating area. A virtual shaft line exists between sides of the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface that are closest to each other. The second body ...