US Patent Issued to California Institute of Technology on Sept. 15 for "Kinematic hinge with asymmetric pin hole" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,629, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, Calif.).

"Kinematic hinge with asymmetric pin hole" was invented by Jonathan Sauder (La Crescenta, Calif.), Maya C Roman (Pasadena, Calif.) and Christine A Gebara (Pasadena, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A kinematic hinge with asymmetric pin hole is described. The pin hole includes two separated flat surfaces arranged at a relative angle to form a V-shape. The flat surfaces provide respective two kinematic contact points with a surface of a hinge pin arranged within the pin hole. A centerline of the V-shape is in a plane that is parallel t...