ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,082, issued on May 27, was assigned to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Foldable terminal device including at least three housings coupled by rotating shafts" was invented by Junchao Luo (Shenzhen, China), Hongfan Lin (Shanghai), Jiafeng Ding (Shanghai), Hanbiao Jin (Shanghai), Guanghai Huang (Dongguan, China) and Wei Shan (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable terminal device is provided, including a first housing, a second housing, a third housing, a wire, and a wire fastening assembly. The third housing is located between the first housing and the second housing, the wire penetrates through an interior...