ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,198, issued on May 12, was assigned to LANTO ELECTRONIC Ltd. (Kunshan City, China).

"Damper device and electronic apparatus" was invented by Chia-Ching Hsu (Kunshan City, China), Fu Yuan Wu (Kunshan City, China), Shang Yu Hsu (Kunshan City, China), Shao Chung Chang (Kunshan City, China), Meng Ting Lin (Kunshan City, China) and Chun Kai Chen (Kunshan City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A damper device and an electronic apparatus are provided. The damper device includes a first holder, a first damper component and a first gel. The first damper component includes a first protrusion part and a first bar part. The first protrusion p...