ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,940, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to HONOR DEVICE Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Foldable mechanism and foldable terminal" was invented by Shuai Su (Shenzhen, China), Ruihao Chen (Shenzhen, China) and Changfu Dong (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable mechanism and a foldable terminal. The foldable mechanism includes a base, a connection assembly, and a floating plate. The connection assembly includes a first fixed frame and a first secondary swing arm. A first sliding portion of the first secondary swing arm is slidably connected to the first fixed frame, and a first rotating portion of the first secondary swin...