ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,543, issued on July 14, was assigned to LENOVO (BEIJING) Ltd. (Beijing).

"Rotation shaft assembly, electronic apparatus, and rotation method" was invented by Feng Yang (Beijing) and Detao You (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotation shaft assembly includes a connector, a first rotation shaft, a second rotation shaft, and a lock mechanism. The first rotation shaft is rotatably connected to the connector. The second rotation shaft is rotatably connected to the connector. The lock mechanism is arranged between the first rotation shaft and the second rotation shaft and is configured to switch a rotation of the first rotation sh...