ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,006, issued on June 30, was assigned to C.M.I. CERNIERE MECCANICHE INDUSTRIALI S.R.L. (Valsamoggia, Italy).
"Simplified multi-function hinge" was invented by Emanuele Terenzi (Sala Bolognese, Italy) and Federico Pizzi (Zola Predosa, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmission element (6) includes-a first extreme portion (9) constrained to a connection element (5) by the coupling of a first cam (11) and a first pin (13), fixed in the first extreme portion (9) and on the connection element (5); -a second extreme portion (15) opposite to the first (9) and constrained to an elastic element (17) connected to a body (3); -an interm...