ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,265,429, issued on April 1, was assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).
"Display device" was invented by Thomas Perelli (Durham, N.C.), Ali Ent (San Francisco) and Ashley Martin Cichocki (Beijing).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device can include a housing that comprises a front side that includes a display operatively coupled to display circuitry and a back side that comprises a ferromagnetic surface, a hinge assembly, and a recess; and a ferromagnetic panel transitionable via the hinge assembly from a storage position in the recess to a bridge position that covers the ferromagnetic surface."
The patent was filed on Dec....