ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,763, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Reell Precision Manufacturing Corp. (St. Paul, Minn.).
"Detent hinge" was invented by George Larson (Roseville, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One aspect is a detent hinge device having a first cam component with at least one spline and an axial cam face, the first cam component having a root diameter and an outer diameter. A second cam component has at least one spline and an axial cam face, the second cam component having a root diameter and an outer diameter. Each of the first and second cam components are aligned on an axis, wherein the cam faces of the first inner and first outer cam...