ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,998, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to FOSITEK Corp. (New Taipei, Taiwan).
"Hinge" was invented by An-Szu Hsu (New Taipei, Taiwan) and An-Wei Chung (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinge is connectable with two housing shells for permitting relative opening and closing of the housing shells, and includes a fixed seat, at least two rotating units, two lateral support plates and a center support plate. The rotating units are disposed at two sides of a centerline of the fixed seat and are connectable with the housing shells. The rotating units are shiftable between an open state and a closed state. Each rotating unit...