ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,737,004, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Acer Inc. (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Foldable electronic device" was invented by Hua-Feng Hsieh (New Taipei City, Taiwan), Shun-Bin Chen (New Taipei City, Taiwan) and Chun-Hsien Chen (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a foldable electronic device including a first body, a first magnet disposed in the first body, a second body, a hinge connected to the first body and the second body, a counterweight wheel pivoted to the second body, a carrier pivoted to the second body, and a second magnet disposed in the carrier. The first body and the second body are rotate...