US Patent Issued to ORIGIN on July 28 for "Torque hinge with clutch mechanism" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,912, issued on July 28, was assigned to ORIGIN COMPANY Ltd. (Saitama, Japan).

"Torque hinge with clutch mechanism" was invented by Takahiro Matsuoka (Saitama, Japan) and Masayuki Hirata (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A torque hinge is such that a driven-side member can be rotated with respect to a driving-side member with a sufficiently small force even if inner and outer rings are connected by a frictional force applied by a connection member. Coil springs each having a pair of hook portions are mounted on the outer peripheral surface of the outer ring, which is supported by a cylindrical support member. Further, a c...