ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,273,474, issued on April 8, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device including waterproof structure" was invented by Gidae Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Moohyun Baek (Suwon-si, South Korea), Minsung Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jongchul Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a hinge structure, a first housing structure, a second housing structure that is foldable with the first housing structure, a foldable housing, a flexible display, a first mid-plate disposed on one side of the first housing structure,...