ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,821, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to HONOR DEVICE Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Foldable electronic device" was invented by Yameng Wei (Shenzhen, China), Lei Feng (Shenzhen, China), Mingqian Gao (Shenzhen, China) and Haifei Li (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of this application provide a foldable electronic device, including: a shaft cap, a body, a first cam component, and a second cam component. The first cam component and the second cam component come into pressure contact. The first cam component is configured to be rotatable around a central shaft of the first cam component. The second cam component ...