ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,092, issued on April 14, was assigned to Huawei Technologies Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).
"Foldable-screen device and hinge component" was invented by Hao Wu (Shenzhen, China), WenJie Jiang (Shanghai), Gangchao Wang (Shanghai), Zhengyi Xu (Shanghai), Chunjun Ma (Shanghai) and Yunyong Li (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to foldable-screen devices and hinge components. An example hinge component includes an elastic component disposed on a support member. A first end of the elastic component presses against a primary shaft mechanism when a rotation mechanism rotates to a flattened state. A second e...