ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,712, issued on June 17, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle hood hinge" was invented by Kazutada Sasaki (Wako, Japan), Chisato Suetsugu (Wako, Japan), Shin Saeki (Tokyo) and Thomas Wood (Penetanguishene, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle hood hinge includes: a lower hinge configured to be fixed to a vehicle body; an upper hinge configured to be fixed to, and supported by, a hood so as to be movable relative to the lower hinge, the hood being configured to open or close an opening formed in an upper surface of the vehicle body; a link mechanism linking the lower hinge with the upper hinge; and a load r...