ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,854, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Reell Precision Manufacturing Corp. (St. Paul, Minn.).
"Insert molded torsion bar hinge" was invented by George Larson (Roseville, Minn.) and Jeffrey Randall (Hugo, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One aspect is an insert molded torsion bar hinge including a cylindrical metal torsion bar with a main bar body, a portion of which extends along a torsion bar axis, a first contoured bar end and a second contoured bar end on opposite ends of the main bar body. A first hinged element of molded plastic and with a first knuckle, is molded directly over and encompasses the first contoured bar end su...