ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,641, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Honor Device Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Foldable electronic device" was invented by Handong Zhang (Shenzhen, China), Yuan Wang (Shenzhen, China) and Yameng Wei (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of this application provide a foldable electronic device, including a shaft cover, a device body, and a first swing arm; a second swing arm coupled to a damping component inside the shaft cover and distributed in parallel to the first swing arm; and a pin connecting the first swing arm and the second swing arm so that the second swing arm follows the first swing arm to rotate ...