US Patent Issued to Acer on Sept. 15 for "Foldable electronic device" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,739,987, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Acer Inc. (New Tapei City, Taiwan).

"Foldable electronic device" was invented by Yi-Ta Huang (New Taipei City, Taiwan) and Wu-Chen Lee (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable electronic device including a first body, a second body, and a hinge module is provided. The hinge module connects the first body and the second body along a pivoting axis such that the first body and the second body relatively rotate to each other to be folded or unfolded via the hinge module. The hinge module includes a latch disposed in the second body, a shaft member positioned in the latch...