ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,524,046, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Modular portable information handling system hinge with selectively disengaged rotation stop" was invented by Anthony J. Sanchez (Pflugerville, Texas), John Trevor Morrison (Round Rock, Texas) and Jace W. Files (Round Rock, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information handling system hinge has a modular and selectively separable core that couples to hinge mounts in an interchangeable manner so that core selection defines hinge characteristics, such as torque, detent orientation and stop orientation. A standardized mount accepts cores with different ...