US Patent Issued to LOCINOX on July 28 for "Dashpot for damping a closing movement of a hinged closure member" (Belgian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,739, issued on July 28, was assigned to LOCINOX (Waregem, Belgium).

"Dashpot for damping a closing movement of a hinged closure member" was invented by Ivo Six (Zwevegem, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dashpot comprising a housing; a closed cylinder cavity filled with hydraulic fluid; a slideable piston within the housing and dividing the closed cylinder cavity into a high pressure compartment and a low pressure compartment; a one-way fluid passage allowing fluid flow from the low pressure compartment to the high pressure compartment when the dashpot is being opened; a first restricted fluid passage determining a closing sp...