ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,181, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Grass GmbH (Reinheim, Germany).
"Hinge, in particular for refrigerator doors" was invented by Markus Albrecht (Lustenau, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinge having a fastening element attachable to a body and connected via pivot arms to a pivotable mounting element. The mounting element can be attached to a movable furniture part. The hinge has a damper which damps a closing movement of the furniture part. The damper has at one end a hook element and an immovable holding element arranged on the fastening element. The holding element has a cut-out. During closing movement of the hinge...