ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,982, issued on March 17, was assigned to LANTO ELECTRONIC Ltd. (Kunshan City, China).

"Universal joint to support and rotate electronic product with stable structure" was invented by Chiawei Chou (Kunshan City, China) and Changsing Chu (Kunshan City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A universal joint includes a seat body, a cover body, a damping member, and an elastic member. The cover body is fixed on the seat body and the cover body and the seat body form a cavity together. The damping member and the elastic member are respectively located on opposite sides of the cavity. The elastic member is fixed on the seat body and mainta...