ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,838, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Edge protection structure and foldable display terminal" was invented by Yu Liu (Shanghai), Chong Xing (Xi'an, China), Zheng Li (Shanghai), Yin Li (Shanghai) and Qiaoying Ding (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable display terminal, comprising a rotating shaft assembly, a display, a first body, a second body, and an edge protection structure; the edge protection structure comprises a rigid member, a connector, and a soft rubber member; the soft rubber member comprises a protection part, two extension parts and two fastening parts, ea...