US Patent Issued to Sharp Display Technology on March 24 for "Foldable display" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,154, issued on March 24, was assigned to Sharp Display Technology Corp. (Kameyama City, Japan).

"Foldable display" was invented by Mayuko Sakamoto (Kameyama City, Japan), Takehiro Murao (Kameyama City, Japan), Yasuyuki Togashi (Kameyama City, Japan), Ikuo Ninomiya (Kameyama City, Japan) and Ryoh Kikuchi (Kameyama City, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable display includes a housing unit including a hinge member, and a first housing and a second housing coupled via the hinge member, and a flexible display panel including a flexible display layer and a support substrate. The support substrate includes a third portion betwee...