ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,524,043, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Co. LP (Spring, Texas).
"Expandable display panels" was invented by Chien-Kuo Lee (Taipei, Taiwan) and Chih Yung Chi (Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example electronic device includes a housing, and a display panel supported by the housing. The display panel comprises a pair of ends. In addition, the electronic device includes a shaft positioned within the housing that is coupled to the pair of ends of the display panel. The shaft is to fold the pair of ends of the display panel when the display panel is to transition from an expanded position to a ...