ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,534, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION Co. LTD. (Dongguan, China).
"Folding mechanism and electronic device" was invented by Dongqin Zhao (Dongguan, China), Dongcun Cheng (Dongguan, China) and Zhengjun Luo (Dongguan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application discloses a folding mechanism and an electronic device. The folding mechanism includes a base, a first housing seat, a second housing seat, a first screen supporting plate, a second screen supporting plate, and a hinge mechanism. The first housing seat and the second housing seat are both rotatably connected to the base by means of the hinge...