ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,825, issued on April 29, was assigned to FOSITEK Corp. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Hinge" was invented by Kuan-Yu Lin (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Hsiu-Fan Ho (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinge includes a seat, a shaft, a swivel bracket and at least one limiting bar. The seat includes two support portions. An accommodation area is defined between the two support portions. The two support portions are respectively provided with a shaft hole. The two shaft holes are arranged coaxially and connected to the accommodation area. The shaft includes a coupling section and two pivoting sections. The coupling section is located b...