ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,750, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).
"Folding mechanism and folding electronic device" was invented by Shuitong Yu (Guangdong, China) and Xingliang Qi (Guangdong, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A folding mechanism is disclosed. A first connecting portion is connected to a first rotating shaft, a second connecting portion is connected to a second rotating shaft, the first and second rotating shaft are rotatably connected to a first elastic connector, a first gear is mounted on the first rotating shaft, a second gear is mounted on the second rotating shaft and meshed with ...