ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,356, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Flexible electrical inter-assembly coupling circuit for foldable devices" was invented by Michael J. Lombardi (South Barrington, Ill.) and Joe Allore (Mundelein, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable computing device may comprise a top housing assembly, a bottom housing assembly, and a flexible electrical inter-assembly coupling circuit. The top housing assembly may house a first subset of electrical component. The bottom housing assembly is mechanically coupled to the top housing assembly such that the top housing assembly is operable to cover, whe...