ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,645,261, issued on June 2, was assigned to HONOR DEVICE Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Techniques for preventing deformation of a shaft cover of an electronic device" was invented by Yaolei Zhang (Shenzhen, China), Bin Yan (Shenzhen, China), Guotong Zhou (Shenzhen, China) and Wenlong Huo (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may be a mobile phone, a wearable device, a vehicle-mounted device, or another device. The electronic device in this application uses a design in which a base protrudes in a Y direction or is flush with a shaft cover, thereby improving structural rigidity...