ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,901, issued on July 21, was assigned to LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. (Singapore).

"Hinge device and electronic apparatus" was invented by Yalu Liu (Yokohama, Japan) and Haonan Xiao (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinge device includes a first shaft that is fixed to a display chassis, a second shaft that is fixed to a main body chassis, connecting plates to which the first shaft and the second shaft are rotatably fitted, a synchronization unit configured to synchronously rotate the first shaft and the second shaft in opposite directions with respect to the connecting plates, a first torque application unit configured...