ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,188, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Folding portable display device" was invented by Tsung-Yuan Ou (New Taipei City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example folding device includes a hinge assembly that is coplanar with the continuous display of the device in order to decrease the thickness of the device. The hinge assembly includes torque members that increase the amount of force needed to rotate the assemblies. In this way, the torque members may provide the device with a more rigid feel. Also in this way, the torque members may enable the device to hold intermediate positions between...