ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,484, issued on July 7, was assigned to VALINGE INNOVATION AB (Viken, Sweden).
"Static load compression spring" was invented by Johan Svensson (Kattarp, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking device including a spring, such as a static load spring, and a locking part, such as a locking pin or a locking disc, for locking two elements to one another includes connecting elements and U-shaped portions in a sequence. The U-shaped portions connect two connecting elements at a first end of said two connecting elements, respectively, wherein the two connecting elements converges towards each other towards a second end of the two conne...