ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,386, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Huawei Technologies'Co.'Ltd.' (Shenzhen, China).

"Hinge mechanism and electronic device" was invented by Hewen Shen (Dongguan, China), Tuo Shi (Shanghai) and Ding Zhong (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinge mechanism includes a main shaft, a synchronization assembly, and two swing arms, where the two swing arms are respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the main shaft, and the two swing arms are rotatably connected to the main shaft. In addition, along an axial direction of the hinge mechanism, the synchronization assembly is located between the two swing arms. The syn...