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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2022
Reell Precision Manufacturing Corporation, St. Paul, MN (US);
George Larson, Roseville, MN (US);
Reell Precision Manufacturing Corporation, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
One aspect is an overmolded hinge device having a first and a second shaft, each having first and second ends. A first friction element is mounted on the first shaft. A first molded housing is at least partially enclosing the first shaft and a second molded housing is at least partially enclosing the second shaft. A first molded outer link is at least partially enclosing each of the first and second shafts and a second molded outer link is at least partially enclosing each of the first and second shafts. One of the first molded housing and the first molded outer link enclose the first friction element