ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,525, issued on May 12, was assigned to GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP. LTD. (Dongguan, China).

"Rotating shaft apparatus, foldable housing and electronic device" was invented by Yaxing Xu (Dongguan, China), Changchun Shi (Dongguan, China), Qiuliang Chen (Dongguan, China), Xinbo Li (Dongguan, China), Hongdong Huang (Dongguan, China) and Bingyue Yang (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotating shaft apparatus includes: a support assembly, including a side support member; a rotating assembly, including a rotating member and a connecting member, the rotating member is rotatably connected to the connecting mem...