ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,847, issued on April 29, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).

"Display device including a foldable housing unit and a flexible display panel" was invented by Yasuyuki Togashi (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing unit of a display device includes a first shaft rotatably connecting an end portion of a first housing to a hinge member, a second shaft rotatably connecting an end portion of a second housing to the hinge member, and a third shaft rotatably connecting a first end portion of first and second cover holder members to the hinge member, and a second end portion of the first and second cover holder members i...