ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,530,053, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Mobile terminal" was invented by Jaewook Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Minsoo Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Insu Song (Seoul, South Korea) and Hoseok Chung (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile terminal that can be switched from a first state to a second state by expanding in a first direction comprises: a body that can expand in the first direction; a display unit including a front part positioned on the front surface of the body, a rear part positioned on the rear surface of the body, and a side part which is positioned between the fron...