ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,837, issued on June 23.
"Electronic devices with flexible displays and hinges" was invented by Jiang Ai (San Jose, Calif.), Mitchell A. Heschke (Arroyo Grande, Calif.), Soyoung Kim (Redwood City, Calif.) and Stephen R. McClure (Belmont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device may have a flexible display that overlaps an axis. The display may be supported by a housing. The housing may have first and second portions that rotate relative to each other about the axis. The housing may be placed in an unfolded configuration to support the display in a planar state. The housing may also be placed in a folded configuration...