ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,734, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. (Singapore).

"Electronic apparatus" was invented by Yalu Liu (Yokohama, Japan), Hiroaki Kinoshita (Yokohama, Japan), Takayuki Morino (Yokohama, Japan) and Haonan Xiao (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic apparatus includes a first chassis, a second chassis, a display having a bending region, a support component with a support surface which supports the bending region and has a step on the support surface, a first movable component, and a second movable component. A first sheet-like member that has flexibility, extends along a longitudinal di...