ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,033, issued on March 18, was assigned to Honor Device Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Synchronization mechanism and foldable terminal" was invented by Zhenbiao Fu (Shenzhen, China), Yaolei Zhang (Shenzhen, China), Haifei Li (Shenzhen, China), Mingqian Gao (Shenzhen, China), Bin Yan (Shenzhen, China) and Guotong Zhou (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a synchronization mechanism and a foldable terminal. In the synchronization mechanism, a first rotating component and a second rotating component are in transmission connection by using a first worm, a worm gear, and a second worm that are sequentially meshed, th...