ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,571, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device including reinforcing structure" was invented by Inkuk Yun (Suwon-si, South Korea), Myunghoon Kwak (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sungho Ahn (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jookwan Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jihyung Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yangwook Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hyunju Hong (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device including a reinforcing structure is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing movable relative to the first housing, a flexible displ...