ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,668, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Hinge assembly and foldable electronic device including the same" was invented by Wonho Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea), Junghoon Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Joongkyung Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hyounggil Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable electronic device includes: a display, a first housing, a second housing, and a hinge assembly, wherein the hinge assembly includes: a hinge cover connected to the first housing and the second housing, a first hinge connected to the hinge cover to support the first a...