ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,822, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Mobile terminal with low-friction sheets located between housing frames" was invented by Donghyun Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Shinhyun Cho (Seoul, South Korea), Joseph Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Jinwoo Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile terminal that can be switched to a first state or a second state comprises: a first frame; a second frame that can be switched to the second state by sliding from the first frame in a first direction, and that can be switched to the first state by sliding in a second direction opposite to t...