ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,887, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).
"Hinge mechanism" was invented by Esa-Sakari Maatta (Espoo, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Technologies are described for a hinge mechanism coupled to at least a dual-display device wherein the displays can rotate with respect to each other through 360 degrees. The hinge mechanism has at least one flexible connection member that follows a generally S-shaped path when the displays are in a tablet position. In some embodiments, a second flexible connection member can be added that follows a mirrored S-shaped path. The S-shaped path of...