ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,407, issued on April 7, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Foldable cover and display for an electronic device" was invented by Christopher D. Jones (Los Altos, Calif.), Dale N. Memering (Langhome, Pa.) and Christopher C. Bartlow (Menlo Park, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electronic devices including a display layer and a cover layer including a foldable region are disclosed herein. The display layer and the cover layer are configured to be moved between a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration by bending the cover layer along the foldable region. Methods of making a cover layer for an electronic dev...