US Patent Issued to Southco on Jan. 13 for "Preassembled friction hinge module, hinged system, and method for making preassembled friction hinge modules and systems" (American, Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,077, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Southco Inc. (Concordville, Pa.).

"Preassembled friction hinge module, hinged system, and method for making preassembled friction hinge modules and systems" was invented by Hector Eduardo Rivas (Chihuahua, Mexico), Mark James Rowley (Concordville, Pa.), Pradeep Jayanna (Concordville, Pa.), Michael Thomas Holland (Concordville, Pa.) and Richard B. Langkamp Jr. (Concordville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinged system includes a preassembled hinge module for pivotally coupling a first component to a second component. The preassembled hinge module includes a shaft, a torque element frictio...