ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,357, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to HONOR DEVICE Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Electronic device utilizing a reinforcing plate" was invented by Xiujuan Yang (Shenzhen, China), Mingchuan Li (Shenzhen, China) and Wenhao Wang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a first body, a second body, a middle cover, and a flexible printed circuit. The flexible printed circuit includes a through-shaft section, a reinforcing plate is provided on a surface of the through-shaft section, the reinforcing plate includes a support sheet and a flexible region, and the support sheet is stacked on and fastened to ...