US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on Aug. 12 for "Rotating connection ports in a computing device" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,225, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Rotating connection ports in a computing device" was invented by Teresa Francesca Lumini (Redmond, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computing device includes a housing, an electronic component positioned in the housing, a stand supporting the housing, and a connection port. The connection port is in electrical communication with the electronic component. The housing has an outer surface, and the connection port is moveable relative to the housing to change a port angle of the connection port relative to the outer surface of the housing...