ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,333, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE Co. LTD. (Beijing).

"Hinge assembly and electronic device" was invented by Jieming Yang (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinge assembly includes: a hinge body, a driving rod, a magnetic assembly and a limiting assembly. The hinge body includes a folded state and an unfolded state. The driving rod is slidably coupled to the hinge body. The driving rod is slidable relative to the hinge body along a first direction. The magnetic assembly is slidably coupled to the driving rod. The limiting assembly includes a locked state where the limiting assembly is locat...