ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,091, issued on May 27, was assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"Folding mechanism and electronic device" was invented by Dongcun Cheng (Guangdong, China), Fei Dong (Guangdong, China), Zhengjun Luo (Guangdong, China), Zongwen He (Guangdong, China) and Ximing Liu (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A folding mechanism, where a first housing seat is provided on a first screen supporting plate, and the first screen supporting plate is rotatably fitted with the first housing seat; a second housing seat is provided on a second screen supporting plate, and the second screen supporting plate is rot...