ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,671, issued on May 20, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).
"Timing mechanism for foldable computing device" was invented by Devin Samuel Jacob Caplow-Munro (Seattle), Daniel Clark Park (Woodinville, Wash.), Eric Paul Witt (Redmond, Wash.), Karsten Aagaard (Monroe, Wash.), Denys V Yaremenko (Bellevue, Wash.), Brett Andrew Tomky (Seattle), Errol Mark Tazbaz (Bellevue, Wash.) and Tung Yuen Lau (Hong Kong).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable computing device comprises a first portion, a second portion, a hinge assembly rotatably coupling the first portion to the second portion, and a flexible display...