ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,164, issued on May 20, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).
"Retractable displays" was invented by Saraswathi Sailaja Perumalla (Visakhapatnam, India), Venkata Vara Prasad Karri (Visakhapatnam, India), Sarbajit K. Rakshit (Kolkata, India) and Sheema Farheen (Visakhapatnam, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device's display can be moved based on sensor data to protect the display. The display can be moved via springs and/or electromagnets. The display can be moved into a safe recessed position, allowing a frame to absorb impacts that might otherwise damage the display. The display can also be move...