Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
016273000 | Having means to reduce friction between hinge parts | 44 |
20090126153 | VARIABLE RESISTANCE HINGE - A variable resistance hinge is mounted in a notebook computer having cover and a base and the hinge has a stationary leaf, a pivoting leaf and a pressing assembly. The stationary leaf is attached to the base and has a keyed shaft. The pivoting leaf is mounted pivotally on the shaft and is attached to the cover. The pressing assembly is mounted around the shaft, presses the pivoting leaf against the stationary leaf and has a pivoting ring and a stationary ring. The pivoting ring rotates around the shaft, is attached to the pivoting leaf and has at least one stepped detent. The stationary ring engages the shaft, abuts the pivoting ring and has at least one friction protrusion. Each friction protrusion corresponds a stepped detent and provides variable friction when opening the cover to enhance lifespan of the hinge and facilitate opening of the notebook. | 05-21-2009 |
20090158555 | HINGE ASSEMBLY AND FOLDABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A hinge assembly ( | 06-25-2009 |
20090188077 | HINGE - A hinge includes a hinge assembly and a damper assembly. The damper assembly includes a stationary housing defining a cavity. A damper body rotatablely installed in the cavity has a head protruding to form a cylindrical guiding portion and a pushing portion defining two side ends apart from each other. At least one of the side ends has a step-shaped profile to make the width of the pushing portion between the side ends nonuniform, and rotatable sheets and stationary sheets are received in the cavity and alternately disposed on the guiding portion and the pushing portion. The stationary sheets are fixed to the stationary housing. Each of the rotatable sheets protrudes inwardly to form a retaining portion. The side ends of the pushing portion alternately contact the retaining portions and contact the retaining portions at intervals when the elastic force of the hinge assembly is released to drive the damper body rotating. Damper resin is filled between the adjacent stationary sheets and rotatable sheets. | 07-30-2009 |
20090282646 | SELF-DRIVEN ARTICULATION FOR AN ARTICULATED ASSEMBLY SUCH AS A SATELLITE SOLAR PANEL - The invention relates to a frictionless self-driven articulation designed to be mounted between two neighboring elements (E | 11-19-2009 |
20100101051 | HINGE AND COLLAPSIBLE DEVICE UTILIZING THE SAME - A hinge includes a shaft sleeve, a shaft, and a spring. The shaft sleeve includes a shaft tube, and the shaft includes a fixing rod rotationally received in the shaft tube. The spring is received between the shaft and the shaft tube for guiding lubricant to lubricate the shaft and the shaft tube. The fixing rod is rotatably passed through the spring, and capable of rotating relative to the shaft tube. | 04-29-2010 |
20100139041 | FURNITURE HINGE WITH EQUIPMENT - A furniture hinge with equipment comprising a toggle-type hinge and a line shock absorber arranged transversely to a major axis of the toggle-type hinge, which line shock absorber is inserted into a holder and the latter is attached to the toggle-type hinge, whereat the holder ( | 06-10-2010 |
20100293749 | OPENING-AND-CLOSING MECHANISM AND LATCHING MECHANISM - Provided is an opening-and-closing mechanism that can be latched at a predetermined opening angle, wherein the latching can be disengaged with a small force in the opening direction whereas the latching is gradually disengaged in the closing direction. An opening-and-closing mechanism | 11-25-2010 |
20110154612 | HINGE - A hinge includes a first leaf, a pivot shaft mounted to the first leaf, a first knuckle rotatably mounted to the shaft, a second leaf rotatably mounted to the shaft, a resilient assembly mounted to the shaft, and a fastener fixed to the shaft. One end of the first knuckle forms an engaging portion, and the second leaf correspondingly forms a tab to engage with the engaging portion. Upon the condition that the tab engages with the engaging portion such that the first knuckle can rotate with the second leaf, a larger twisting force is needed for the second leaf, together with the first knuckle, to rotate relative to the pivot shaft due to further overcome a friction between the first knuckle and the pivot shaft. | 06-30-2011 |
20110154613 | HINGE - A hinge includes a first leaf, a second leaf, and a pivot shaft. The pivot shaft includes a first pivot pin pivotably mounted to the first leaf and a second pivot pin pivotably mounted to the second leaf. A friction between the second leaf and the pivot shaft is smaller than a friction between the first leaf and the pivot shaft. The pivot shaft forms a ledge, and the second leaf correspondingly forms a tab to engage with the ledge. Upon the condition that the tab engages with the ledge such that the pivot shaft can rotate with the second leaf, a larger twisting force is needed for the second leaf, together with the pivot shaft, to rotate relative to the first leaf due to the larger friction between the first leaf and the pivot shaft. | 06-30-2011 |
20110271484 | CONTROL MOTION HINGE - A control motion hinge, comprising a first leaf hinge with three knuckles to secure a first pin, wherein the two outer knuckles have roller knuckles, a link having a two knuckles on a first end to interlock with the first leaf hinge and a single knuckle on a second end, a second leaf hinge with two knuckles to secure a second pin when interlocked with the second end of the link, wherein the two knuckles of the second leaf hinge have a roller path for engaging the roller of the first leaf hinge, wherein such rollers traverse the roller path, and thus softly closing the door reducing the sound of closure during the final approach of the door. | 11-10-2011 |
20110289727 | ADJUSTABLE FRICTION HINGE - An adjustable friction hinge with a first hinge portion with two spaced apart first hinge knuckles and second hinge portion having a second hinge knuckle with rotatably fit together. A barrel bushing is non-rotatably positioned in the second hinge knuckle. A friction bushing is slidably and non-rotatably located in openings in the two first hinge knuckles. A threaded compression nut, and a non-threaded compression nut are located in the two spaced apart first hinge knuckles. A screw passes through the non-threaded compression nut, the spaced apart first hinge knuckles, the second hinge knuckle, the two friction bushings, and into the threaded compression nut. When the screw is tightened, the threaded and non-threaded compression nuts force the two frictional bushing into frictional contact with the barrel bushing to increase a force required to move the first hinge portion and the second hinge portion relative to each other. | 12-01-2011 |
20120017393 | Self closing gate with concealed pivot point hinge - A self closing hinge is placed within the tubular structure of the gate. The inventive hidden hinge swing pivot point cannot physically smash fingers. An internal axel physically holds together an upper hinge piece which receives the upper part of the gate, an upper hinge piece, and a midsection outer tubular section which contains an adjustable bushing and a spiral spring to return the gate to a closed position. The internal axel joins the lower hinge piece and the lower section which receives lower part of workpiece gate. | 01-26-2012 |
20120066864 | HINGE PLATE FOR CONNECTING A LEAF OR A SASH TO A FRAME SO AS TO BE HINGED ABOUT A HINGE AXIS - A hinge plate for connecting a leaf of a door to a frame includes a frame hinge plate part comprising a frame fastening part and a frame hinge part. A leaf or sash hinge plate part comprises a leaf or sash fastening part and a leaf or sash hinge part. A primary coil is disposed in the frame hinge part and a secondary coil is disposed in the leaf or sash hinge part, each being configured to surround a hinge plate pin defining a hinge axis. The hinge plate pin is provided as a core for both the primary coil and the secondary coil and is configured to conduct magnetic flux lines. The hinge plate pin comprises a support element configured to transmit a mechanical force between the leaf and the frame. A flux element is configured to conduct the magnetic flux lines between the primary coil and the secondary coil. | 03-22-2012 |
20120227215 | VEHICLE DOOR HINGE - A vehicle door hinge that is positioned between a vehicle main body and a vehicle door and connects the same to each other in order to connect the vehicle door to the vehicle main body so as to be openable and closable may include a female bracket that is securely attached to one of the vehicle main body and the vehicle door, a male bracket that is securely attached to the other of the vehicle main body and the vehicle door, a rotation shaft member that is secured to the female bracket and supports the male bracket to be rotatable relative to the female bracket. A coating film capable of restricting an electric current from flowing from the rotation shaft member to each of the slide bushes is formed in a portion of an outer circumferential surface of the rotation shaft member, which portion includes a part of a contact portion thereof that slidably contacts each of the slide bushes in a rotational axis direction and at least a proximity range thereof that is positioned in proximity to an exposed end periphery of each of the slide bushes. | 09-13-2012 |
20120279014 | ALIGNING MULTIPLE PIVOT PIN SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR - A multi-pivot pin system has a hinge assembly having a plurality of housings formed within the hinge assembly. A channel is formed through each housing wherein an outer diameter center-line of the hinge assembly is off-set from a center-line of an inner diameter of the channel. A rotating device is positioned in each channel. | 11-08-2012 |
20130047377 | ANTI-INTERFERENCE STRUCTURE OF RELATIVE SLIDE ASSEMBLY - An anti-interference structure of relative slide assembly includes a relative slide member and a slide member. At least one guide member is disposed on the relative slide member. The guide member has a support section rising from a surface of the relative slide member. At least one guide slope is formed on one side of the support section. The slide member is relatively slidably connected with the relative slide member. At least one raised abutment section is disposed on the slide member and slidable with the slide member. The support section is positioned in the sliding path of the raised abutment section. During the sliding movement of the slide member along the relative slide member, the raised abutment section abuts against the support section to enlarge the gap between the slide member and the relative slide member so as to avoid interference therebetween due to deformation of the components. | 02-28-2013 |
20130104341 | Door Hinge Assembly | 05-02-2013 |
20130117966 | QUIET DOOR HINGE - A quiet door hinge assembly may include a first hinge wing having at least two knuckles and a second hinge wing having at least three knuckles. A central pin may be disposed to connect the first and second hinge wings by passing through the knuckles. Non-metallic separators may be placed between the knuckles disposed to preclude direct contact between the knuckles. | 05-16-2013 |
20130167324 | HINGE - A riser hinge ( | 07-04-2013 |
20140208543 | MAGNETIC HINGE SYSTEM - A magnetic hinge system includes a first component that is associated with a first object, a second component that is associated with a second object, and an axle. The first component includes a first hole and a first magnetic structure having a first plurality of magnetic source regions having a first polarity pattern. The second component includes a second hole and a second magnetic structure having a second plurality of magnetic source regions having a second polarity pattern complementary to said first polarity pattern. The axle can be inserted into the first hole and the second hole such that the first and second magnetic structures face each other across an interface boundary, where the first polarity pattern and the second polarity pattern are in accordance with a cyclic implementation of a code of length N that has a cyclic correlation function having a single peak and a plurality of off peaks per code modulo. | 07-31-2014 |
20150121654 | VARIABLE FRICTION HINGE - This invention provides a hinge assembly having variable friction resistance. The hinge assembly includes an elongated element having a generally cylindrical surface extending longitudinally. It also includes at least one torque element having a generally cylindrical surface compressively engaged with the cylindrical surface of the elongated element, the cylindrical surface of the at least one torque element having end portions. An actuator of the hinge assembly is configured for changing friction resistance generated by the at least one torque element by changing the relative position of the end portions of the at least one torque element, thus reducing compressive engagement between the cylindrical surface of the at least one torque element and the cylindrical surface of the elongated element. | 05-07-2015 |
20160090766 | 360 DEGREE HINGE ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - In one example a hinge assembly for an electronic device comprises a linkage comprising a first bushing disposed at a first end of the linkage and a second bushing disposed at a second end of the bushing, a first shaft rotatable within the first bushing about a first axis, a second shaft rotatable within the second bushing about a second axis, and at least one compression element disposed on the first shaft, wherein the first shaft and the first bushing are threaded such that rotation of the first shaft within the first bushing induces lateral translation of the first shaft along the first axis. Other examples may be described. | 03-31-2016 |
016274000 | By fluid lubricant | 14 |
20080235906 | SELF-LUBRICATED BEARING ASSEMBLY - A self-lubricating bearing assembly for a hinge of a turbine engine nozzle is described. The hinge includes a bolt and a bell crank housing. The bearing assembly includes a sleeve, a pair of bushings, liners, a thrust washer and a nut. The sleeve includes a tubular and a shoulder portion. Each bushing has an inner and an outer diameter. The liners include first liners, each bonded to the inner diameter of a respective one of the bushings, a second liner disposed between the shoulder portion and a bushing, and a third liner disposed between the thrust washer and a bushing. When assembled, the tubular portion is disposed over an outer diameter of the bolt, the outer diameters of the bushings are disposed within an inner diameter of the bell crank housing, and the nut is affixed between the thrust washer and the bolt to secure the hinge assembly. | 10-02-2008 |
20090007377 | Pivotal hinge with an oil-retaining collar - A pivotal hinge has multiple washers, positioning spacers and an oil-retaining collar mounted around the washers and the positioning spacers filled with lubricating oil. The oil-retaining collar prevents the lubricating oil from flowing out of the pivotal hinge, prevents the components from wearing away, keeps the pivotal hinge rotating smoothly and has hooks formed separately on the two edges. The hooks hold the collar securely around the pivotal hinge. | 01-08-2009 |
20090193619 | Door hinge with a hidden closure system - A door hinge with a hidden closure system comprising, in general, a first hinge with a pin protruding from the face of the hinge, a second hinge with a hidden closure system, wherein such pin engages a latch and release mechanism and triggers a closure system in the second hinge during final approach, thus softly closing the door and reducing the sound of closure during the final approach of the door. | 08-06-2009 |
20090282647 | HINGE ASSEMBLY AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL HAVING THE SAME - A hinge assembly and a mobile communication terminal equipped with the hinge assembly are disclosed. The hinge assembly in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can include: a housing; a fixing cam, which is coupled to the housing and has a cam head and a ramp; a shaft, which is coupled to the fixing cam such that the shaft and the fixing cam can rotate; a torsion spring, which is coupled to the fixing cam on one end and the shaft on the other end; a sliding cam, which is coupled to the shaft, such that the sliding cam is allowed to slide over the shaft along the axial direction, and has a protrusion facing the ramp; and a compression spring, which is interposed between the sliding cam and the shaft such that the sliding cam is compressed toward the fixing cam. By using a cam structure, the present invention can selectively control the rotation of the hinge assembly. | 11-19-2009 |
20090307873 | Hinge assembly with an oil-retaining collar - A hinge assembly with an oil-retaining collar has a barrel, a pintle assembly mounted in the barrel and an oil-retaining collar mounted around the barrel and is filled with lubricant to allow the pintle assembly to rotate smoothly. The oil-retaining collar prevents the lubricant from flowing out of the barrel and prevents a plastic housing of an electronic device from being corroded and electronics from malfunctioning. | 12-17-2009 |
20100095482 | HINGE - A hinge includes a sleeve, two bushings, and a shaft. The sleeve defines a mounting hole and a groove communicating with the mounting hole. Each bushing includes an inserting piece extending on a circumference thereof in an axial direction. A first end of the inserting piece juts out over a first end of the bushing. A second end of the inserting piece and a second end of the bushing together defines a cutout therebetween. The two bushings are received in the mounting hole with the inserting pieces inserted into the groove to fix the two bushings into the mounting hole. The first end of one bushing is engaged with the cutout of the other bushing. Each bushing defines a pivoting hole. The shaft is inserted in the pivoting holes of the two bushings and rotatable in the pivoting holes with respect to the sleeve. | 04-22-2010 |
20100125971 | HINGE DEVICE FOR USE IN OFFICE MACHINE - A hinge device is used in an office machine including a main body and an upper cover. The hinge device includes a base, a rotating shaft and an elastic structure. The base includes a connecting part and a shaft sleeve part. The connecting part is fixed on the main body. The shaft sleeve part has a channel and a baffle. The baffle is arranged at an external surface of the shaft sleeve part. The rotating shaft is penetrated through the channel. The elastic structure includes a fixing part and a bending part. The bending part is correspondingly moved on the external surface of the shaft sleeve part during a process of opening or closing the upper cover. When the bending part is sustained against the baffle, the upper cover is positioned in an open status to define an included angle between the upper cover and the main body. | 05-27-2010 |
20100212111 | TURNING DEVICE, AND FOLDING TYPE PORTABLE TERMINAL EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - An attempt is made to miniaturize and reduce a thickness of a folding type portable terminal. | 08-26-2010 |
20110061196 | Compression hinge - A compression hinge is disclosed for hingedly supporting a metal structure, such as a door or hatch. | 03-17-2011 |
20120079683 | SELF-LUBRICATING DOOR HINGE PIN - A hinge pin for pivotally connecting a door to a frame comprises a pin body extending along a pivot axis between first and second ends, and a grease nipple portion extending longitudinally from the first end of the pin body. The pin body has an outer bearing shaped to enable the door to pivot relative to the frame about the pivot axis, a cross-bore extending radially inward from the outer bearing surface into the pin body, and a longitudinal bore extending into the pin body from the first end to the cross-bore. The longitudinal bore and the cross-bore together form a lubrication passageway. The pin body also has coupling portions for coupling the pin body to the door and the frame. The grease nipple portion is shaped to be coupled to a grease applicator for injecting grease into the lubrication passageway and is integrally formed with the pin body. | 04-05-2012 |
20120272477 | HINGE WITH WELD GUIDE - A cylindrical barrel hinge with weld guide including a plurality of cylindrical barrel hinge portions and a weld guide extending outwardly from at least one of the generally cylindrical barrel hinge portions. The weld guides help stabilize the cylindrical barrel hinge and prevent it from rolling or shifting on parts to which the barrel hinge will be welded. | 11-01-2012 |
20120291223 | Needle Bearing Hinge Assembly - Disclosed is an enclosed needle bearing hinge mechanism having externally rotatable race surfaces, internal needle bearings, an internal pathway for introducing grease into the assembly for improved lubrication, reduced wear and a construction adapted to support large door or latch loads. The assembly comprises a housing having at least one needle bearing in contact with an outer rotating race, stationary or counter-rotating interior races, a central pin shaft and an internal pathway for lubrication to be communicated from a topmost grease fitting to the contact interface between the needle bearing and outer rotating race. One or plurality of needle bearing assemblies and counter-rotating outer races may be present within the assembly, each with an independent grease pathway branch. The pathway comprises a hollow internal conduit that allows lubricant to contact each needle bearing in the assembly, reducing friction and improving longevity of the hinge bearing assembly. | 11-22-2012 |
20140130301 | HINGE PIN WITH LUBRICATION CHANNEL - A hinge pin includes a shaft defining a clearance surface and joined at one end to a head. A channel between the head and the clearance surface is configured to provide a lubricant path between the head and the clearance surface. In one embodiment, the head has an annular outer portion and a concave central portion, and the channel is provided by a radial slot extending from the central portion through the annular outer portion, and a contiguous axial slot extending downward from the radial slot to the clearance surface. The central portion of the head is configured to receive a small volume of lubricant, while the channel provides a path that allows the lubricant to flow from the head to the clearance surface of the shaft. | 05-15-2014 |
20150067984 | Hinge device for doors, shutters or the like - A hinge device for rotatably moving a closing element includes a fixed element anchorable to a stationary support structure coupled to a movable element anchorable to the closing element for rotating around a first longitudinal axis between an open position and a closed position. The device further includes at least one slider movable along a second axis between a compressed and an extended position. One between the movable element and the fixed element includes at least one operating chamber defining the second axis so as to slidably house the slider, the other element including a pivot defining the first axis. The pivot and the slider are reciprocally coupled so that to the rotation of the movable element around the first axis corresponds the sliding of the slider along the second axis and vice versa. | 03-12-2015 |
016275000 | Ball or roller bearing | 8 |
20080295288 | HINGE STRUCTURE WITH AUXILIARY ROLLER UNIT - A hinge structure includes a knuckle having inner and outer surfaces, the inner surface being punched to protrude outwardly thereby forming a working surface defining a working region and a locking surface defining a locking region in spatial communication with the working region. The knuckle further has a slot axially extending through the inner and outer surfaces at the working region to provide resiliency thereof. A pivot shaft extends into the working region, and has a locking section and a working section. A roller unit is disposed within the locking region in such a manner to contact the shaft. When the locking section is aligned with the roller unit, the shaft is locked to the knuckle due to biasing action of the locking surface. When the working section is aligned with the roller unit, the shaft possesses a torque due to biasing action of the knuckle. | 12-04-2008 |
20090241289 | HINGE APPARATUS HAVING AUTOMATIC RETURN FUNCTION FOR USE IN BUILDING MATERIALS - A hinge apparatus having an automatic return function for building materials is provided, in which a return spring is removed to thereby offer a closing force of each door with only a torsion spring. The hinge apparatus includes an upper body; a lower body; a shaft whose lower end portion is rotatably installed in the lower body; a piston whose outer circumference is slidably installed along the inner surface of the lower body”, a rotational/linear motion converter which converts a rotational motion of the shaft into an axial linear motion of the piston according to rotation of the door; a damping unit which provides a damping function selectively where the piston ascends according to return of the door; a torsion spring which rotates the shaft in the direction returning the door at the closing time; and a clutch unit for stopping an increment of an elastic force due to reverse twisting of the spring where an opening angle reaches a clutch stop start angle, or for restoring the elastic force of the spring. | 10-01-2009 |
20110271485 | CONTROL MOTION HINGE WITH TORSION SPRING - A control motion hinge, comprising a first leaf hinge with three knuckles to secure a first pin, wherein the two outer knuckles have roller knuckles, a link having a two knuckles on a first end to interlock with the first leaf hinge and a single knuckle on a second end, a second leaf hinge with two knuckles to secure a second pin when interlocked with the second end of the link, wherein the two knuckles of the second leaf hinge have a roller path for engaging the roller of the first leaf hinge, wherein such rollers traverse the roller path, a first spring device positioned between said first leaf hinge and said link to apply a force therebetween, and thus softly closing the door reducing the sound of closure during the final approach of the door. | 11-10-2011 |
20120060323 | DOOR HINGE - A door hinge includes a fixing member ( | 03-15-2012 |
20130074285 | Hinge Assembly - In one aspect of the present invention, a hinge joint has first and second hinge members, each with ends that have a plurality of hollow links that form a cavity configuration when the hollow links are joined. The cavity configuration has opposing openings and each opening receives a ball bearing insert. The ball bearing insert has a distal end connected to the first hinge member and a proximal end connected to the second hinge member. | 03-28-2013 |
20150013106 | ROTATING DOOR WHICH IS DRIVEN SO AS TO BE SWIVELABLE AROUND A PIVOT - An rotating door driven so as to be swivelable around a pivot of the rotating door includes a rotary bearing; a connection element having a driver piece configured to receive the pivot of the rotating door, the driver piece being mounted in the rotary bearing; and a drive connectable to the pivot of the rotating door in frictional engagement via the connection element. | 01-15-2015 |
016276000 | Circularly distributed balls or rollers | 2 |
20130074286 | Hinge Assembly - In one aspect of the present invention, a hinge joint has first and second hinge members, each with ends that have a plurality of hollow links that form a cavity configuration when the hollow links are joined. The cavity configuration has opposing openings and each opening receives a ball bearing insert. The ball bearing insert has a distal end connected to the first hinge member and a proximal end connected to the second hinge member. | 03-28-2013 |
20160069112 | CORROSION RESISTANT BUSHING - A method of forming a corrosion resistant bushing includes bonding a sliding layer to a first surface of a load bearing substrate to form a laminate sheet and cutting a blank from the laminate sheet. The laminate sheet includes an exposed surface corresponding to a second surface of the load bearing substrate. The blank includes cut edges having a load bearing substrate portion. The method further includes forming a semi-finished bushing from the blank. | 03-10-2016 |