Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
016242000 | Including means to move hinged members | 22 |
20090019667 | ADJUSTING DEVICE FOR FURNITURE PARTS - An adjusting device for furniture parts includes an eccentric disk rotationally mounted on a first furniture part. The eccentric disk has, on its periphery, two eccentric surfaces which are axially offset from each other, extend in opposite directions with the same slope, and which interact with two opposite abutment surfaces that are axially offset from each other. Both abutment surfaces are formed on a housing that accommodates the eccentric disk and are joined to a second furniture part. | 01-22-2009 |
20090199362 | Rapidly mounted hinge wing for furniture - A hinge wing comprises a cup intended for being fixed in a hole of a furniture component, the wing being provided with a pair of expandable teeth arranged on opposite sides of the cup, said teeth being fixed on an eccentric lever of the wing, by rotating which the teeth are moved in an opposite direction to the direction of insertion of the cup into the respective receiving hole, the wing comprising for each tooth a cam that, upon rotation of the eccentric lever, causes the respective tooth to expand against a side wall of the receiving hole of the cup to fix the cup to the furniture component. Each cam is formed with a cam element of yieldable material interposed between a side wall of the cup and the respective tooth. | 08-13-2009 |
20100050380 | HINGE STRUCTURE FOR A CONSOLE BOX LID - A hinge structure for a lid of an in-vehicle console box includes a storage box having an opening, a lid having a front end and a rear end, and a hinge member having a rotation axis. The hinge member is disposed between the storage box and the lid so the lid rotates around the rotation axis to open and close the opening. A slide mechanism is located between the lid and the hinge member so the lid can move in the directions of the front end and the rear end in relation to the hinge member when opening and closing the lid. A converting mechanism converts a turning force for rotating the lid around the rotation axis to a linear force for sliding the lid in the directions of the front end and rear end so the lid moves in the direction of the rear end when being opened, and in the direction of the front end when being closed. | 03-04-2010 |
20110232033 | HINGE FOR DOOR OR WINDOW - A hinge for mounting a door-panel or window sash to a fixed jamb element has two leaves pivoted together about an axis. One of the leaves is adapted for attachment directly to an edge of one of the elements. A housing is recessed in the other of the elements and has a pair of generally parallel and vertical side walls with inner faces defining a horizontally open cavity. A bar is shiftable in the cavity horizontally perpendicular to the side walls and vertically. At least one fastener releasably securing the other of the leaves to the bar. A pair of spindles extending perpendicular to the side walls in the cavity are threaded into the bar and have opposite ends bearing on the inner faces of the side walls so that rotation of the spindles shifts the bar perpendicular to the side walls. | 09-29-2011 |
20130298352 | VEHICLE DOOR ADJUSTER AND METHOD - A method and system for mounting and adjusting a vehicle door rotatably connected to a vehicle body by upper and lower hinges with hinge holes. The upper and lower hinges are positioned to the vehicle body and the vehicle door by aligning the hinge holes to corresponding receiving holes. The vehicle door is temporarily mounted to the vehicle body by inserting cam bolts into aligned pairs of the hinge holes and the receiving holes. The vehicle door is adjusted to a desired position relative to the vehicle body by rotating the cam bolts. The desired positioned is secured by inserting mounting bolts into empty aligned pairs of the hinge holes and the receiving holes and replacing the cam bolts with mounting bolts. | 11-14-2013 |
016243000 | Along or parallel to hinge axis | 12 |
20080307606 | Hinge | 12-18-2008 |
20090031530 | Adjustable Hinge for Doors and Windows - A hinge for doors and/or windows, adjustable in three dimensions: height, width, and depth. The hinge has a total of four support and/or attachment pins, two fixed and two moveable, and can be used with doors and/or windows of various thicknesses, by means of threaded pins passing through the center of the hinge, but off center, which reduce the protrusion of the attachment and/or support pins of the door and/or window, giving the hinge superior technical and esthetic characteristics compared to the current state of the art. The hinge has a rotation pin not attached to the hinge that permits the door and/or window to be adjusted in height, which gives superior technical characteristics compared to the current state of the art. | 02-05-2009 |
20090089974 | Height adjustment device for a hinge - A height adjustment device for a hinge having one hinge leaf that can be snapped into or inserted into a receiving part mounted on a door leaf or on a door frame, and with a height adjustment mechanism in the receiving part which has abutment against an edge of the hinge leaf. The height adjustment mechanism has a slide that is limitedly movable in the receiving part, and a rotatable height adjustment member. The slide has a portion for abutment against an edge of the hinge leaf. The height adjustment member has a plurality of radially directed, angularly separated arms of different lengths, wherein an end portion of such an arm is adapted to engage with an adapted engaging portion of the slide. | 04-09-2009 |
20090235487 | BIAXIAL HINGE DEVICE AND MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE - A biaxial hinge device includes: a first rotation axis mechanism configured to form a first rotation axis by using a substantially cylindrically shaped first shaft member; a first arm portion configured to include a fixing portion fixed to a first case, and provided to the first shaft member of the first rotation axis mechanism; a second rotation axis mechanism configured to include a fixing portion fixed to a second case, and to form a second rotation axis substantially perpendicular to the first rotation axis by using a substantially cylindrically shaped second shaft member; and a second arm portion configured to connect the first rotation axis mechanism to the second rotation axis mechanism such that the first rotation axis mechanism is rotatable around the second rotation axis of the second rotation axis mechanism. | 09-24-2009 |
20110197394 | ACTIVE MATERIAL BASED CLOSURE HINGE AND LATCH ASSEMBLY - Disclosed herein are active material based closure hinge assemblies, latch assemblies, and alignment methods. In one embodiment, a closure assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a first hinge portion having one end attached to a closure, a second hinge portion attached to the first hinge portion having one end attached to a vehicle body, and an active material configured to provide the first hinge portion with up to six degrees of freedom relative to second hinge portion upon receipt of an activation signal and less than or equal to two degrees of freedom in the absence of the activation signal. | 08-18-2011 |
20120000035 | HINGE APPARATUS FOR FOLDER-TYPE PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A hinge apparatus for a folder-type portable communication device, wherein a body portion and a folder portion can be coupled or separated by applying a force to a hinge cap or moving a hinge dummy laterally. The device includes a body portion and a folder portion coupled to the body portion to pivot around a hinge axis, and a center hinge arm provided in the body portion. First and second side hinge arms are provided in the folder portion, and a hinge cap is provided in the first side hinge is pushed with an external force. A hinge shaft is coupled with or separated from the first side hinge arm by retracting or protruding via pushing the hinge cap, and a hinge dummy provided in the center hinge arm is coupled with or separated from the second side hinge arm by moving laterally along the hinge axis. | 01-05-2012 |
20120102675 | Torque-adjustable hinge and portable device with the same - A torque-adjustable hinge is mounted between a display panel and a base of a portable device and has a stationary bracket, a rotating bracket, a pintle, a torsional spring and an adjusting element. The stationary bracket is attached to the base. The rotating bracket is attached to the display panel. The pintle is attached to the rotating bracket and is mounted through the torsional spring. The torsional spring is attached to the stationary bracket and abuts against the adjusting element. By changing the height that the adjusting element protrudes above a receiving tag of the stationary bracket, the torsional spring is selectively tighter or looser wound around the pintle. Therefore, the torque generated by the hinge is adjusted without replacing any element. | 05-03-2012 |
016244000 | Including threaded hinge pin | 5 |
20080201902 | REFRIGERATOR HAVING HEIGHT-ADJUSTABLE DOOR - Disclosed is a refrigerator having a height-adjustable door. The body of the refrigerator has at least one storage space having a front opening. The door is coupled to the body so as to cover/uncover the storage space, and a hinge hole is formed on the bottom surface of the door. A hinge frame is fixed to a front surface of a lower portion of the body and has a hinge shaft inserted into the hinge hole so as to rotatably support the door. The hinge shaft is covered with a hinge bush, a part of which is inserted into the hinge hole. The hinge bush has a flange portion on its lower end for supporting the bottom surface of the door. A height adjustment screw is screw-coupled to a screw hole of the hinge frame so as to travel vertically. The upper end of the height adjustment screw abuts the bottom surface of the hinge bush so that, when rotated, the height adjustment screw lifts/lowers the hinge bush, in order to adjust the height of the door. | 08-28-2008 |
20100218342 | ADJUSTABLE HINGE FOR PIVOTING DOOR - A hinge assembly is provided for a pivoting door mounted about an opening, and may include a hinge plate, an internally threaded adjuster, a locking element, a first cam element, a second cam element, and a limiting plate. The hinge plate is mounted about the opening and includes a pivot projecting therefrom. | 09-02-2010 |
20110041288 | Adjustable hinge - An adjustable hinge comprising: a) two hinge bodies for attaching respectively to a window or door frame and a window or door leaf; b) a revolving pin suitable for mutually articulating the hinge bodies; c) a member for adjusting shared positions of the hinge bodies in a direction generally perpendicular to the axis of the pin. The adjustment member includes a sleeve, associated axially with the pin, defining an external lateral coupling surface with a corresponding housing defined in a first of the hinge bodies. The sleeve is pivotally engaged with the housing-such that, while remaining in relatively constant contact with the walls of the cavity during any rotation to change its position, it may occupy substantially any position required along a limited length of the perpendicular adjustment direction. A reversible locking member is also provided for locking the sleeve in positions it occupies inside the housing upon a thrusting action in a defined or selected locking direction. The sleeve has at least three distinct points of contact with the walls of the housing spaced angularly relative to one another. When the locking member is in action, at least two of the distinct points exert a thrusting force, in directions incident to one another, on respective points of the walls so as to accommodate for slack upon coupling between the sleeve and housing in directions generally incident to one another. | 02-24-2011 |
20150330129 | Adjustable Hinge - A mechanism for providing a means of adjusting the vertical height of a hinged door having a jamb leaf ( | 11-19-2015 |
20160048175 | PIVOT SHAFT TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A pivot shaft transmission device provides a security system and is easy to assemble. The pivot shaft transmission device includes at least one rotary shaft, a drive section movable with the rotation of the rotary shaft, a driver (transversely) movable along a rail between a first position and a second position, a turning unit having a first end connected with the driver and a second end, and a transmission unit assembled with the second end of the turning unit. The transmission unit includes a first section, a second section and at least one elastic body assembled with each other. When the turning unit is swung, the transmission unit is driven to (longitudinally) move to drive a connection section and a carrier body for lifting or lowering a substrate body or a frame in accordance with the operation mode of an electronic apparatus. | 02-18-2016 |
016245000 | Screw-operated | 5 |
20080209679 | Vertically Adjustable Hinge - A vertically adjustable hinge is disclosed. The hinge comprises a housing for attachment to a first structure. The housing has a housing cavity and an opening into the cavity. The cavity has an upper portion, a lower portion and a retaining portion forming a channel defining the upper portion and the lower portion. The hinge further includes a first leaf extending through the cavity opening and into the cavity upper portion, threaded nut rotationally fixed to the first leaf, and an adjustment mechanism disposed in the housing cavity. The adjustment mechanism comprises a jack screw extending between the upper cavity portion and the lower cavity portion. The jack screw has a threaded portion threadably engaging the nut in the upper cavity portion and a geared portion disposed in the cavity lower portion. The hinge further includes a worm gear engaging the jack screw geared portion, wherein rotation of the worm gear rotates the jack screw threaded portion in the nut, thereby moving the first leaf relative to the housing. | 09-04-2008 |
20110099754 | GATE HINGE ASSEMBLY - An example hinge assembly includes a movable insert that supports a gate. The insert includes a bearing assembly that is movable relative to support structure to provide for alignment and adjustment of the gate structure. An adaptor is supported by the bearing assembly and provides for attachment of a gate component. The adaptor may be configured to insert within a hollow interior portion of a plastic or vinyl fence component. The adaptor may also include features for mounting traditional materials such as wood or steel. | 05-05-2011 |
20130283566 | SIDE ADJUSTABLE DOOR HINGE PIN SOCKET MECHANISM - A device for use in a door assembly that is positioned in a cabinet and defines a pivot axis. The device includes a base member adapted to be fixedly secured to the cabinet, an intermediate member slidingly engaged with the base member, and a cover connected to the intermediate member and having a hinge pin socket therein. The intermediate member includes a transversely extending adjustment screw associated therewith that defines a first axis. Rotation of the adjustment screw causes the intermediate member and cover to move in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first axis. | 10-31-2013 |
20130305488 | Horizontally Adjustable Hinge For Use With Heavy Insulated Doors - A hinge for use with an insulated door of a walk-in freezer, refrigerator or cooler including a hinge base adapted to be attached to the frame of said freezer, refrigerator or cooler, a hinge blade pivotally coupled to the hinge base and a wall that extends across the hinge base which has a U shaped clearance opening. Fastening screws located in clearance openings in the hinge blade and threadedly coupled to a door mounting plate adapted to be securely attached to the insulated door for slidably or securely coupling the hinge blade to the door mounting plate, and a micro adjust screw having a threaded shaft located in the U shaped clearance opening and threadedly coupled to the door mounting plate, wherein turning the micro adjust screw slides the door mounting plate horizontally along the hinge blade to provide door lift or rotation to compensate for frame or mounting misalignment. | 11-21-2013 |
016246000 | To shift plate toward or away from hinged member | 1 |
20090276976 | Hinge assembly - A hinge assembly includes a first swinging member, a second swinging member that has a barrel at one end, a pivot pin inserted through the barrel to pivotally secure the second swinging member to a proximal end of the first swinging member, a guide member, which has a first end inserted through an oblique guide slot on the barrel and pivotally coupled to the pivot pin and a second end provided with a transversely extending screw hole, and an adjustment screw transversely inserted through the proximal end of the first swinging member and threaded into the screw hole of the guide member for allowing rotation by a user to bias the second swinging member relative to the first swinging member. | 11-12-2009 |