ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,561, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Foldable support plate, flexible display module, and foldable electronic device" was invented by Lizhong Huang (Dongguan, China), Fujia Chen (Shenzhen, China), Changyong Wang (Shanghai) and Yaoxu Zhao (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application prides relates to a foldable support plate, a flexible display module, and a foldable electronic device. In an example, a foldable support plate includes a first support portion, a foldable support portion, and a first transition support portion. When the foldable support plate is fold...