US Patent Issued to Roche Diagnostics Operations on June 3 for "Door hinge for a laboratory instrument door" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,179, issued on June 3, was assigned to Roche Diagnostics Operations Inc. (Indianapolis).

"Door hinge for a laboratory instrument door" was invented by Thomas Meyer (Zug, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door hinge for a laboratory instrument door, the door hinge comprising a hollow body with a first longitudinal axis and a curved side wall comprising a track. At least a part of the track is inclined relative to the first longitudinal axis. The door hinge further comprises a linear guiding element with a second longitudinal axis parallel to the first longitudinal axis. At least a part of the linear guiding element is arrang...