US Patent Issued to ASSA ABLOY Accessories and Door Controls Group on Jan. 20 for "Method of installing a modular hinge" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,252, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY Accessories and Door Controls Group Inc. (Monroe, N.C.).

"Method of installing a modular hinge" was invented by Douglas R. Thompson (Somerset, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A split hinge made of a first hinge portion having a first cover that is operatively coupled to two first leaves, and a second hinge portion having a second cover that is operatively coupled to two second leaves. The first leaves, the second leaves, the first cover, and/or the second cover may have the same or different lengths. The first leaves may have first leaf lengths that are greater than or less than t...