ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,849, issued on May 27, was assigned to Grass GmbH (Reinheim, Germany).
"Hinge assembly and piece of furniture or domestic appliance" was invented by Markus Herper (Muhltal, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinge assembly including a drive device and a hinge having a hinge arm for moving a pivoting element of an appliance or piece of furniture. The pivoting element is mounted movably on a body of the appliance or furniture by means of the hinge. One side of the hinge is attached to the body and another side of the hinge is attached to the pivoting element. The drive device has a drive motor unit with an end section coupled to ...