US Patent Issued to The Braun on May 12 for "Overtravel hinge" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,582, issued on May 12, was assigned to The Braun Corp. (Winamac, Ind.).

"Overtravel hinge" was invented by Robert E. Bettcher III (Winamac, Ind.) and Russell Meyer (Fortville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a chassis, a door track, a door operatively connected to the door track and adapted to move between a closed position and an open position, and a hinge assembly coupled to the door. The hinge assembly is movably coupled to the door track and includes a first bracket coupled to the door, a second bracket coupled to the first bracket, and a transport assembly coupled to the second bracket and adapted to move a...