ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,497, issued on May 20, was assigned to AUO Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Display device" was invented by Ying-Ming Wang (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Ruei-Hung Tsai (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a light source module, a housing, a display panel, a circuit board and a first flexible substrate. The housing includes a base plate, a sidewall and a support part. The base plate is below the light source module. The sidewall forms an accommodation space for the light source module. The support part is connected to the sidewall and extends away from the base plate, wherein the support part has a recess recesse...