ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,210, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to FUZHOU AUTRAN INDUSTRIAL Co. LTD. (Minhou Fuzhou, China).
"Damping hinge" was invented by Liang Xue (Minhou Fuzhou, China) and Fan Chen (Minhou Fuzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a damping hinge for controlled closing of a door or gate. The damping hinge includes a first clamp plate configured to be mounted to a fixed supporting panel; a second clamp plate configured to be mounted to a panel of the door or gate, wherein the second clamp plate is connected with the first clamp plate for relative rotation about a hinge axis; and a damping mechanism arranged on one of the fir...