And this changes the mechanical design of the 360 degree feature how exactly.

Context: just a month agot so fed up with different changing Usb naming schemed and made a full spreadsheet detailing every usb specification known to man.

I cant speak about the mechanical design innovation except that its nothing new but usb wise there is nothing special about it except they put usb4 level of power delivery (240W) on a very shitty cable. (Usb 2.0 speed)

usb4 is still relatively rare and your not usually gonna find it combined with some easily broken connector but if you had the means you could contact a random manufacturer to build some for you in bulk. No patents or research required.