US Patent Issued to OSSUR ICELAND EHF on July 7 for "Hinge assembly" (Icelander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,976, issued on July 7, was assigned to OSSUR ICELAND EHF (Reykjavik, Iceland).

"Hinge assembly" was invented by David Sandahl (Reykjavik, Iceland), Tomas Njalsson (Reykjavik, Iceland) and Valgeir Petursson (Reykjavik, Iceland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinge assembly with improved durability is provided with a first hinge arm with a first end portion, a second hinge arm with a second end portion, and a wear insert integrated with the second end portion. A gear segment of the first end portion is integrally formed from the first hinge arm and composed of a first material. The wear insert of the second end portion is distinctly fo...