| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 016343000 | Pivoted | 27 |
| 20090139057 | Door Opening/Closing Device for Vehicle - To provide a vehicle door opening/closing device arranged to pivotally connect a vehicle body and a door with a hinge member and provided with a damper arranged to impart a braking force to the door when the door is turned, the damper being directly connected to the hinge member, the hinge member includes a first hinge arm fixed to a floor, a pin shaft fixed to the first hinge arm and extending outward of the first hinge arm, and a second hinge arm pivotally mounted on the pin shaft and fixed to a lower end of a lower door, and the damper includes a rotors connected to a projecting portion of the pin shaft, a housing rotatably mounted on the rotor and fixed to the lower door, and a braking means contained in the housing to impart a braking force to the housing when the housing is rotated relative to the rotor. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090165249 | Hinge assembly - A hinge assembly is used in a notebook computer and has a rotating bracket, cover panel, stationary bracket, limiting assembly and indicator ring. The notebook computer has a display and a base. The display is rotatably mounted pivotally upon the base. The rotating bracket is attached to the display and has a keyed shaft. The cover panel is mounted around the rotating bracket, is attached to a top surface of the base and has a gap. The stationary bracket is mounted rotatably around the keyed shaft and is mounted securely on the base. The limiting assembly is mounted on the stationary bracket and allows the keyed shaft to rotate 360°. The indicator ring is mounted on the limiting assembly and has two indicators. The indicators show up in the gap when the display is rotated to a rotational limitation to indicate direction of allowed rotation. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090165250 | AUTOMATICALLY OPENING HINGE ASSEMBLY FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A hinge assembly ( | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090235490 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - To provide a technology which facilitates an operation for placing a document with a larger size than a size of a document table, on the document table. A document cover is positioned at a plurality of open positions to a document table. A pivot of a document table | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090300884 | DOOR MOTION DAMPENING SYSTEM - A system for dampening an opening motion of a door includes a frame, an access door and at least one dampening member. The access door is rotatably secured to the frame. The access door is configured to be moved with respect to the frame between closed and completely open positions. The at least one dampening member is secured to the access door or the frame. The dampening member(s) dampens movement of the access door toward the completely open position over a range of motion. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090313789 | FURNITURE HINGE HAVING A DAMPING DEVICE - A furniture hinge has a door stop part, which includes an insertion cup and is attached on a furniture door, at least one pivoting arm that is connected to a furniture body being supported on the door stop part. A damping device including at least one damping cylinder engages in the door stop part. Each damping cylinder is disposed at least partially in a bore of the furniture door. The cylinder axis of the damping cylinder extends substantially perpendicularly to the door plane. The damping cylinder is moved during the pivoting thereof into the locking position of the furniture door by the pivoting arm. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100043175 | HINGE ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An exemplary hinge assembly includes a frame, a first rotating module, and a second rotating module. The first rotating module includes a first pivotal shaft non-rotatably connected to the frame. The second rotating module includes a second pivotal shaft substantially perpendicular to the first pivotal shaft, a plurality of resilient washers, a supporting member, a rotating member engaging with the supporting member, and a limiting member. A first end of the second pivotal shaft is fixed on the frame. The resilient washers, the rotating member, the supporting member, and the limiting member are orderly sleeved on a second end, opposite to that of the first end, of the second pivotal shaft. A position of the limiting member relative to the second pivotal shaft is adjustable. The second pivotal shaft is capable of driving the rotating member to rotate. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100071164 | Hinged Fitting - The invention relates to a hinged fitting for vehicle seats, having a fixed fitting part ends pivotable fitting part which are pivotably connected to each other about a swivel axis ( | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100170063 | HINGE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH HINGE - A hinge has a main frame, a pivoting bracket and a limiting assembly The main frame is attached to a base of an electronic device. The pivoting bracket is attached to a cover of the electronic device and has a rotating rod being mounted through the main frame. The limiting assembly has a first actuator, a second actuator and a guiding pin. The first and second actuators are rotated relative to each other. The guiding pin is mounted between the first and second actuators and is moved relative to the actuators to allow the cover to be rotated clockwise and anticlockwise by 180 degrees, relative to the base. Therefore, a screen on the cover can be adjusted at wishes. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100205776 | ADJUSTABLE HINGE - A hinge, comprising a cup having a rim and an arm pivotably connected to the cup, wherein the arm is permitted to pivot between a closed position and an open position, the open position defining a opening angle between the cup and arm. An adjustable stopper coupled to the arm is engagable with the rim whereby the opening angle is controlled by adjustment of the stopper. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100223757 | HINGE - A hinge includes a first connecting member, a shaft fixed to the first connecting member, a second connecting member rotatably mounted to the shaft, and a positioning member fixed to the shaft. The shaft includes a resisting portion, and a positioning protrusion protrudes out from the resisting portion. The second connecting member is sandwiched between the resisting portion and the positioning member. A first resisting post and a second resisting post extend from opposite sides of the second connecting member. The positioning member includes a withstanding surface. During rotation of the second connecting member relative to the first connecting member, the first resisting post resists against the withstanding surface, and simultaneously, the second resisting post resists against an end of the positioning protrusion. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100251521 | DOOR HINGE ASSEMBLY - A hinge assembly for a door enclosing a compartment includes a first housing, a second housing, a mounting member, a link member, a locking member, and a biasing member. The first housing includes an opening in a front wall leading to a channel. An upper stop and a lower stop are located in the channel. The mounting member includes a distal end including a first abutting portion, a second abutting portion and a slot. The distal end of the mounting member is configured to be inserted in the opening so that the first abutting portion engages the upper stop, the second abutting portion engages the lower stop and the slot engages a lower edge of the opening. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20130152341 | HINGE STRUCTURE - A hinge structure includes a first connecting member, a tray for securing a first component, and a second connecting member for securing a second component. The first connecting member includes two clamping panels substantially parallel to each other. A retaining panel extends from the tray. The second connecting member is rotatably secured to the first connecting member. The retaining panel is located between the two clamping panels, for preventing the tray from moving in a direction substantially perpendicular to the two clamping panels. p | 06-20-2013 |
| 20140290005 | DOOR HINGE FOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT - Provided is a door hinge for heavy equipment, including: first plate and a second plate disposed on a hinge shaft of a door of heavy equipment and hinge-coupled to each other to open and close the door; and a stay unit rotatably disposed on the first plate and supporting the second plate when the door is opened to prevent the door from being closed. Thus, according to the present invention, an open state of a door can be maintained by only the stay unit without mounting a bracket by overcoming the limitation that the bracket for mounting a separate door stay must be mounted to a door body in order to maintain the open state of the existing door during opening of the door. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140352112 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a support column having one end fixed to an apparatus body and the other end that turnably supports an operation unit, an opening and closing member that moves between a closed position to hide an inside of the apparatus body and an open position to expose the inside, and a lock unit that holds the operation unit at a first holding position to hold the operation unit within a moving area of the opening and closing member and a second holding position to hold the operation unit outside the moving area of the opening and closing member. The lock unit releases the operation unit in cooperation with opening of the opening and closing member in a state in which the operation unit is held at the first holding position, and moves the operation unit to the second holding position while keeping the operation unit released. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150040351 | Multi-Bar Linkage Hinge Assembly With Limit Stop - A hinge assembly for moving a window sash relative to a window frame may include a track, a slider, first, second and third links, and a stop member. The slider may engage the track and may be translatable along the track. The first link may be pivotably coupled to the track. The second link may be pivotably coupled to the slider. The third link may be pivotably coupled to the first and second links. The stop member may engage the track and may be configured to limit translational motion of the slider. The stop member may be movable between a plurality of positions. Each of the plurality of positions may correspond to one of a plurality of ranges of translational motion of the slider. | 02-12-2015 |
| 016344000 | Plural alternately useable detents | 1 |
| 20100077566 | HINGE MECHANISM - A hinge mechanism in which two housings are respectively connected to a first rotation shaft and a second rotation shaft that are arranged perpendicular to each other and the housing are arbitrarily openable about either one of the shafts is provided. In the hinge mechanism | 04-01-2010 |
| 016345000 | And sliding | 1 |
| 20150143667 | SUPPORTING FRAME ASSEMBLY HAVING INCLINATION ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM - A supporting frame assembly includes a first module and a second module pivotally connected to the first module. The first and second modules each include a main body, a pair of aligned knuckles formed on one long side of the main body, a pair of aligned pivot pins formed on an opposite long side of the main body, a lock portion formed between the pivot pins, and a sliding block slidably connected to the top of the main body. The sliding block of the first module is movable along the top of the main body between a first position and a second position with respect to the lock portion of the second module. When the sliding block of the first module is located at the second position, the sliding block is fixedly engaged with the lock portion of the second module to limit rotation between the first and second modules. | 05-28-2015 |
| 016346000 | Serially connected pivoted arms between leaves (e.g., brace) | 2 |
| 20110131760 | HINGE - A hinge includes a fixing member, a shaft unrotatably fixed to the fixing member, two rotating members, two shaft sleeves, and a connecting member. The shaft includes a shaft rod, with the two rotating members and two shaft sleeves rotatably mounted to the shaft rod. The shaft sleeves are unrotatably fixed to the rotating members, correspondingly, and located between the rotating members. The connecting member is fixed to the rotating members. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20120233815 | LOCKING HINGE ASSEMBLY - A hinge assembly for a transportable load carrying platform having a pivot mounting for attachment to a base frame and pivot arm for attachment to an end wall. Cooperative lock means are provided on the pivot mounting and pivot arm and configured to engage one another when the arm is pivoted towards the mounting. Once locked in position, the pivot arm and mounting cannot be pivotally separated. | 09-20-2012 |
| 016347000 | About axis along or parallel to hinge axis | 7 |
| 20090133222 | Checker-Equipped Door Hinge Device for Vehicle - A checker-equipped door hinge device for vehicle includes: a first bracket fixed to one of a body and a door; a second bracket fixed to another one of the body and the door; a hinge pin connecting the first and second brackets to each other, and allowing the brackets to be relatively rotatable; an inner cylinder connected integrally to the first bracket and disposed coaxially with the hinge pin; an outer cylinder connected integrally to the second bracket and disposed so as to surround the inner cylinder in a manner of being rotatable relative to the inner cylinder; and a checking-force generating mechanism provided between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder, the checking-force generating mechanism generating a checking force against the door at a predetermined opening position of the door, wherein an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface of the outer cylinder are eccentric to each other, so that a thick wall portion having a large distance between the inner peripheral surface and the outer peripheral surface is formed in the outer cylinder, and the checking-force generating mechanism is provided in the thick wall portion. Thereby the door hinge device can be compact, in which the checking-force generating mechanism can be disposed in the outer cylinder without increasing the diameter of the outer cylinder. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090282649 | Hinge - A hinge has a pintle, a stationary leaf, a first limiting washer, a first positioning washer and a second positioning washer. The stationary leaf is mounted rotatably around the pintle. The first limiting washer is mounted securely on the pintle adjacent to the stationary leaf and has a limit. The first positioning washer is mounted around the pintle, is connected securely to the stationary leaf and has a protrusion and a detent. The protrusion corresponds to and selectively abuts the limit of the first limiting washer. The second positioning washer is mounted securely on the pintle and has a detent being selectively attached to the detent of the first positioning washer. The rotating angle of the pintle relative to the stationary leaf is limited by the limit of the first limiting washer abutting the protrusion of the first positioning washer. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090293230 | HINGE STRUCTURE WITH A FLEXIBLE LOCKING ASSEMBLY - A hinge structure is provided to include a knuckle, a pivot shaft and a flexible locking assembly. The pivot shaft extends rotatably into the knuckle, and has a peripheral locking section and a peripheral working section having a straight line. A flexible locking assembly is disposed within the knuckle, and includes a flexible element and a roller unit. The flexible element has a seating portion and one flexible leg extending from the seating portion in such a manner to contact the knuckle. The roller unit is disposed between the seating portion and the pivot shaft. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090293231 | HINGE DEVICE, METHOD OF REDIRECTING LOAD APPLIED TO HINGE DEVICE, AND MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS - A hinge device includes a first frame member having a securing section at which the first frame member is secured to a first body, a rotation shaft supporting the first frame member allowing rotation thereof, a stopper provided on the first frame member in such a manner as to project in a direction in which the rotation shaft extends and to rotate together with the first frame member about the rotation shaft, and a second frame member. The second frame member having a securing section at which the second frame member is secured to a second body, a rotation-shaft-supporting section supporting the rotation shaft, and a stopper-receiving portion receiving the stopper. The stopper and the stopper-receiving portion are subjected to load-redirecting processing such that a load produced upon contact between the stopper and the stopper-receiving portion is applied in such a direction that a thickness of the stopper becomes larger. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100088854 | HINGE STRUCTURE WITH LOCKING FEATURE - A hinge structure with locking feature is connected to a first body of an electronic device through a support frame. A pivot portion of the hinge structure is connected to a second body of the electronic device and includes a rotating shaft connected to the support frame, such that the first body is capable of rotating relative to the second body. Moreover, a lock receptacle is disposed on the support frame, and is engaged with a matching lock unit. Therefore, the electronic device is secured to a fixed position, which thus achieves an anti-theft function. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100146735 | MOVEABLE BOOM HINGE - A moveable boom hinge apparatus is provided. The moveable boom hinge apparatus provides a mechanism offsetting the tip portion of a boom hinge from the base portion of a boom hinge when the tip and base portions are folded parallel to each other and securely position the tip portion of the boom when extended. Additionally, this moveable boom hinge apparatus provides a uniquely u-shaped link element and complementary u-shaped catch element that couple together in a way that sufficiently locks the tip portion into place with respect to the base portion and keeps structural loads of a boom hinge aligned with structural members of a boom hinge during its boom hinge's transition from the operational position to the non-operational position. This alignment significantly reduces bending moments that weaken structural materials over time. Therefore, this moveable boom hinge apparatus can be made with lighter, less-costly materials as opposed to the heavy, more costly materials that are currently used for boom hinge devices. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100269297 | HINGE AND INTERFERING ASSEMBLY THEREOF - A hinge includes a shaft with a post, a bracket, a first interfering member, and a second interfering member. The bracket defines a pivoting hole for the post of the shaft rotatably extending through the bracket. The first interfering member is mounted on the shaft. The first interfering member forms a raised portion with a first sloped surface and a first protrusion. The second interfering member is mounted to the bracket and rotatably arranged around the post of the shaft. The second interfering member includes a recessed portion with a second sloped surface and a second protrusion. The raised portion of the first interfering member is engagable with the recessed portion of the second interfering member, the first protrusion of the first interfering member is operated to resist against the second protrusion of the second interfering member for positioning the shaft with respect to the bracket. | 10-28-2010 |
