ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,621,378, issued on May 5, was assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"Folding mechanism, support structure, and electronic device" was invented by Dongcun Cheng (Guangdong, China), Dongqin Zhao (Guangdong, China), Wenhui Zeng (Guangdong, China) and Jingwei Xu (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A folding mechanism, a support structure, and an electronic device are provided. The folding mechanism includes a first screen supporting plate, a second screen supporting plate, a first housing base rotatably matching the first screen supporting plate, a second housing base rotatably matching the second scre...