ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,251, issued on July 29, was assigned to Wistron NeWeb Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Eletronic device" was invented by Hsin-Chang Lin (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Bo-Yen Chen (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a first component and a second component. The first component includes a first housing and a protrusion element. The first housing has a first cover plate, and the protrusion element is disposed on the first cover plate. The second component is rotationally assembled with the first component along a first direction. The second component includes a second housing, an elastic structure, and a switch...