ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,919, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to LG Display Co. Ltd. (South Korea).

"Sliding display apparatus" was invented by YeongRak Choi (Paju-si, South Korea) and SeokHyo Cho (Paju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sliding display apparatus comprises a display panel including first to fourth side surfaces, a case configured to accommodate the display panel, a cover configured to cover an opened upper surface of the case and including a hole provided at one side thereof, a wire driving part connected to at least one wire connected to a lower surface of the display panel, and a sliding controlling part configured to contr...