ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,284, issued on May 12, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Internal hardware configurations within foldable electronic devices" was invented by Michael J. Lombardi (South Barrington, Ill.), Joseph Allore (Mundelein, Ill.), Avi Pinchas Hecht (San Francisco), Yongho Lim (Kildeer, Ill.) and Michael E. Bentz II (Prairie View, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This document describes systems and techniques directed at internal hardware configurations for foldable devices. In aspects, a foldable electronic device includes a housing, defining an internal cavity within which a battery is disposed, and one or more displays t...