ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,979, issued on March 17, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).
"Anti-lock hinged device" was invented by Devin Caplow-Munro (Seattle), Denys V. Yaremenko (Carnation, Wash.), Brett A. Tomky (Seattle), Daniel C. Park (Woodinville, Wash.) and Karsten Aagaard (Monroe, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The description relates to hinged devices. One example can include a spine defining inner and outer arced surfaces and a hinge arm positioned between the inner and outer arced surfaces and configured to arcuately move from a retracted position to a fully extended position. The example includes an anti-lock...