ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,392, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Systec & Solutions GmbH (Karlsruhe, Germany).

"Torque hinge, device having a torque hinge, and use of a torque hinge" was invented by Philipp Linder (Karlsruhe, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A torque hinge for pivotally connecting two objects has an inner cable guide that provides electrical connection of the objects. The inner cable guide has at the interface a reversibly connectable electrical connector element pair. The torque hinge has a hollow-pin element, a friction element and a first and second bush element. The hollow-pin element is arranged in the first bush element at one end ...