ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,965, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to FOSITEK Corp. (New Taipei, Taiwan).
"Hinge" was invented by Yan-Jiao Cheng (Shenzhen, China) and An-Szu Hsu (New Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinge includes two guide frames spaced apart from each other in a front-rear direction, a transmitting assembly interposed between the guide frames, a frictional torque generating assembly having two opposite thrust plates, and two rotary brackets disposed opposite to each other. Each rotary bracket includes an arcuate pivot portion pivotably connected with the respective guide frame, an actuating portion coupled with the transmitting ass...