ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,250, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Trivale Technologies (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Electro-optical apparatus" was invented by Takahiro Ueno (Kumamoto, Japan), Toru Kiyohara (Tokyo) and Tomohiro Tashiro (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electro-optical apparatus includes an electro-optical panel having a first end portion, a first connector that is flexible, and a reinforcement member on the first connector. The first connector has a second end portion and a third end portion opposite to the second end portion. The second end portion is connected to the first end portion. The first connector has a first surface connected to t...