ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,011, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Edscha Engineering GmbH (Remscheid, Germany).
"Retaining device" was invented by Luis Lopez (Santander, Spain), Manuel Moreno (Barrio Naveda, Spain) and Carlos Ventura (Santander, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retaining device for a temporary connection to a hinge having an axis of rotation, including a holder assigned to a hinge member of the hinge. The holder includes a curved elongated hole and an eye. The eye is concentrically arranged to the axis of rotation. The eye includes an inner circumference for receiving a bolt defining the axis of rotation. The holder is configured as a o...