ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,702, issued on July 28, was assigned to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Foldable apparatus and electronic device" was invented by Linhui Niu (Shanghai), Wenjie Jiang (Xi'an, China), Zhengyi Xu (Shanghai), Cong Xi (Shanghai), Delong Zhu (Shanghai) and Yongwei Pan (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with an embodiment, a foldable apparatus includes a first shielding plate and a second shielding plate; when the foldable apparatus is in an unfolded state, the first shielding plate and the second shielding plate are configured to be interconnected; and when the foldable apparatus is in a folded state, t...