US Patent Issued to KEM HONGKONG on Nov. 18 for "Hinge supporting device and electronic equipment using the same" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,049, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to KEM HONGKONG Ltd. (Tsimshatsui, Hong Kong).

"Hinge supporting device and electronic equipment using the same" was invented by Yoshitaka Taketomi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinge holding device for firmly holding a pair of enclosures in an open or closed state has a base frame sandwiched between the pair of enclosures and supporting the pair of enclosures in an open or closed state, and a suction mechanism having a load generator disposed within at least one of the pair of enclosures. The suction mechanism generates a non-linear load between the base frame and one of the e...