ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,002, issued on June 30, was assigned to SINHER TECHNOLOGY INC. (New Taipei City, Taiwan).
"Hinge device" was invented by Chih-Huang Peng (New Taipei, Taiwan), Chun-Fu Lin (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Nan-Hai Lai (New Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinge device including a base, a first shaft disposed on the base, a second bevel gear mounted on the base, and a second shaft arranged on the base and staggered with the first shaft. The first shaft includes a first bevel gear engaged with the second bevel gear, the second shaft is provided with a third bevel gear engaged with the second bevel gear a driving member selectively...