ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,783,015, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP. LTD. (Dongguan, China).

"Torque module, rotating shaft assembly, and electronic device" was invented by Yaxing Xu (Dongguan, China), Changchun Shi (Dongguan, China), Yi Peng (Dongguan, China), Hongdong Huang (Dongguan, China), Qiuliang Chen (Dongguan, China) and Zihao Liang (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A torque module, a rotating shaft assembly, and an electronic device. The torque module includes a rotating shaft, a first blocking member, a second blocking member, a rotating assembly, a sliding assembly, and a first elastic member...