ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,000, issued on March 25, was assigned to JYI HSING ENTERPRISE Co. LTD. (Changhwa, Taiwan).
"Pivoting mechanism for spring hinge" was invented by Chien-Cheng Wu (Changhwa, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pivoting mechanism for a spring hinge includes a pin and at least one cap assembly. The pin defines an axial direction and is configured to be disposed through a barrel portion of the spring hinge. The at least one cap assembly is disposed on an end of the pin and includes a cap body, a restricting member and an engaging member. The cap body includes a first abutting wall lateral to the axial direction, a first circumferentia...