ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,845, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Orthosoft ULC.
"Knob configured for torque control" was invented by Michael Reimeringer (Montreal), Remi Paquet (Bromont, Canada), Sharif Sharifzadeh (Longueuil, Canada), Ronan Lacour (Montreal) and Yann Zimmerman (Montreal).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knob including an outer housing, a first magnet, a second magnet, a first crown and a second crown. The second magnet and the first magnet are configured to exert a repulsive force with respect to one another. The first crown positioned within the outer housing and restrained from translation relative to the outer housing. The second crown is...