ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,899, issued on July 21, was assigned to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Hinge mechanism and electronic device" was invented by Tuo Shi (Shanghai), Jiangbo Chen (Hangzhou, China) and Qiang Zhan (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The hinge mechanism includes a main shaft, a first rotating piece, a first mounting plate, a first magnetic piece, a first magnetic fitting piece, a second rotating piece, a second mounting plate, a second magnetic piece, and a second magnetic fitting piece. The first rotating piece, the first mounting plate, the second rotating piece, and the second mounting plate are rotatably c...