ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,227, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Foldable electronic devices" was invented by Jiwon Han (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Sungu Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes: a display including: a folding area to be folded during a folding operation; and a first area and a second area at opposite sides with respect to a folding area extending in a first direction; a protective layer above the display, and including a first edge located around the first area, and a second edge located around the second area; and a first housing decoration...