Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
016303000 | Having axially biased camming surface | 26 |
20090100641 | Hinge Apparatus - A hinge apparatus includes a hinge housing, two sliding grooves are formed in the inner wall of the hinge housing. A shaft crosses the hinge housing. A sliding cam covers the shaft, an outer projection and an inner projection are formed in the lower of the sliding cam. The outer projection is positioned at an opening angle of 180 degrees to the inner projection. An engagement cam is accepted in the hinge housing, two ribs arranged in the two sides of the engagement cam match with the sliding grooves. The upper end of the engagement cam has an outer curved surface which is composed of an assurgent curved surface and a descending curved surface. The outer projection is against the outer curved surface. | 04-23-2009 |
20090139056 | HINGE DEVICE - A hinge assembly comprising a movable member | 06-04-2009 |
20090300881 | Cam for a Hinge used in an Electronic Device - A cam used in a hinge that is connected to an electronic device such as a notebook computer includes a first face and an axially spaced second face, a pivot hole axially extending through the first and second faces, the pivot hole comprised of a pair of substantially planar surfaces and a pair of substantially arcuate surfaces, and a block positioned at a corner defined between one planar surface and one arcuate surface. When a pintle of the hinge, which is used for pivotally connecting the electronic device and which includes a pair of planar surfaces and a pair of arcuate surfaces, is installed through the pivot hole of the cam, the first and second edges of each block are in contact with pintle and such that fit of the pintle in the pivot hole is tight at each corner. | 12-10-2009 |
20090300882 | Hinge Device and Electronic Apparatus Using The Hinge Device - The present invention is a hinge device installed between a first member | 12-10-2009 |
20090320243 | HINGE ASSEMBLY - An exemplary hinge assembly includes a rotatable shaft, a rotatable stand, a fixed stand, a restricting member, a cam, and a fastening member. The rotatable stand and the restricting member are non-rotatably connected to the rotatable shaft. The fixed stand and the cam are rotatably connected to the rotatable shaft. The cam is fixed to the fixed stand. The restricting member has a first restricting portion, the cam having a second restricting portion, the first restricting portion and the second restricting portion cooperatively define a rotating angle range between the rotatable stand and the fixed stand. | 12-31-2009 |
20100024165 | Opening/Closing Device and Mobile Device Using the Same - It is an object of the present invention to provide an opening/closing device which can be produced simple in construction and reduce the surface pressure of its cam portions, and a mobile phone which can be reduced in cost and sufficiently reliable in the hinged members by using the opening/closing device. In the opening/closing device operable to rotate the second member ( | 02-04-2010 |
20100037430 | HINGE ASSEMBLY - An exemplary hinge assembly includes a shaft, a cam, a cam follower, a first elastic member, a second elastic member, a first sleeve, a second sleeve. The cam and the cam follower are sleeved on the shaft. The first elastic member is sleeved on the shaft, and configured for producing an elastic force along the shaft. The first sleeve is sleeved on the shaft, and non-rotatably connected to the cam follower. The second sleeve is sleeved on the shaft, and non-rotatably connected to the cam. The second elastic member is sleeved on the shaft, and configured for producing an elastic force for driving the first sleeve to rotate relative to the second sleeve. The controlling member resists one of the cam and cam follower, and capable of driving the cam away from the cam follower. | 02-18-2010 |
20100043174 | HINGE CONSTRUCTION - A hinge construction for a mobile apparatus that includes two hingedly connected to body parts includes an actuator assembly that is located in one of the body parts and a connection rod that transmits the torque generated by the actuator assembly to the other body part. | 02-25-2010 |
20100050384 | AUTOMATICALLY OPENING HINGE ASSEMBLY FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A hinge assembly includes a cam ( | 03-04-2010 |
20100050385 | AUTOMATICALLY OPENING HINGE ASSEMBLY FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A hinge assembly ( | 03-04-2010 |
20100071159 | HINGE TYPE COVER OPENING AND CLOSING DEVICE FOR MOBILE PHONE - A hinge-type cover opening/closing device is designed to smoothly open and close a cover by preventing sudden rotation of the cover. The hinge-type cover opening/closing device for a mobile device includes a pair of hinge shafts, a pair of guide members that are fixedly installed on the hinge shafts, spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance in a length direction of the hinge shaft, and that enable the hinge shafts to rotate about each other, and one or more cam actuating units that are installed on the hinge shafts, spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance in the length direction, and that enable the hinge shafts to rotate about each other within a predetermined angle range. | 03-25-2010 |
20100125973 | HINGE ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A hinge assembly includes a pivot shaft, a rotatable stand, a fixed stand, a cam, a cam follower, and a fastening member. The rotatable stand is non-rotatably connected to the pivot shaft and has a first fixing plate. The fixed stand is rotatably connected to the pivot shaft, and has a second fixing plate. The fastening member engages with an end of the pivot shaft. The cam follower defines two positioning cutouts. Two positioning protrusions are formed on the cam. One of the cam and the cam follower is rotatably connected to the pivot shaft. When the positioning protrusions engage in the positioning cutouts, the first fixing plate is oblique to the second fixing plate. | 05-27-2010 |
20100154170 | HINGE AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH THE HINGE - A hinge is mounted between a cover and a base of an electronic device. A lid covers the hinge and is attached securely to the base. The hinge has a cam wing, a sleeve, a rotating shaft and a pin. The rotating shaft is mounted slidably in the sleeve. The pin is mounted slidably and transversely through the sleeve, is attached securely to the rotating shaft and slides along the outer edge of the cam wing. When the cover is pivoted to a certain angle, the pin slide at part of the cam wing having larger diameter to gradually lift up the cover so the cover is selectively distant away from the lid. Therefore, the shape of the electronic device does not need to be disfigured and the cover still does not bump against the lid. | 06-24-2010 |
20100162526 | HINGE ASSEMBLY FOR FOLDABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A hinge assembly includes a shaft, a main body drive member, a follower, and a resilient member. The main body drive member, the follower, and the resilient member are mounted with the shaft in turn. One end of the main body drive member has a cam. One end of the follower has a cam engaging with the cam of the main body drive member. The resilient member causes the cam of the follower to resist the cam of the main body drive member due to the decompression of the resilient member, and when the follower is manually rotated relative to the main body drive member about an angle, the follower is automatically rotated relative to the main body drive member due to the decompression of the resilient member. | 07-01-2010 |
20100236021 | APPLIANCE HINGE COUNTERBALANCE ASSEMBLY - A counterbalance assembly for an appliance hinge includes a base including first and second spaced-apart side walls and a transverse face wall. The base includes: (i) a channel located between the first and second side walls; and, (ii) a notch comprising first and second notch portions respectively located in said first and second side walls. A rotating cam is supported on the base. The cam includes: (i) a camshaft that extends between the side walls and that is adapted for rotation about an axis of rotation, with a first end of the camshaft located in the first notch portion and a second end of the camshaft located in the second notch portion; and, (ii) a lobe that projects from the camshaft. The hinge assembly includes a biasing spring that comprising an inner end engaged with the base and an outer end spaced from the base. The outer end of said spring is located outside the channel. A spring rod includes an outer end operatively coupled to the spring and an inner end operatively coupled to the lobe of the cam such that the spring biases the spring rod to an extended position. | 09-23-2010 |
20100275413 | AUTO HINGE OF MODULE OF CELLULAR PHONE - The present invention is directed to an automatic hinge module for a cellular phone, which is capable of automatically opening the cellular phone in a one-touch manner. The automatic hinge module of the present invention automatically opens a cellular phone by simply pressing a button. When the button is pressed, a housing coupled to a folder portion of the cellular phone is rotated by an elastic restoring force of a compressed torsion spring, thereby opening the cellular phone. | 11-04-2010 |
20110047751 | HINGE AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH THE SAME - A hinge has a first pivoting module having a connecting block with a bore, a first pivot shaft and a second pivot shaft mounted on two opposite sides of the connecting block, a first movable assembly mounted on one end of the first pivot shaft and having a first urged piece and a first movable piece tracing and urging against the first urged piece to drive the first pivot shaft to radially move, a second movable assembly mounted on one end of the second pivot shaft to operate in coordination with the first movable assembly and having a second urged piece and a second movable piece tracing and urging against the second urged piece to drive the second pivot shaft to radially move; and a second pivoting module pivotally mounted on the connecting block. Such hinge addresses opening smoothness of the top lid of electronic device and aesthetic allure. | 03-03-2011 |
20110061197 | HINGE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT USING THE HINGE DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a novel hinge device having extremely high product value, and to provide an electronic device that utilizes this hinge device. The hinge device for rotatably linking a first member ( | 03-17-2011 |
20110072618 | HINGE DEVICE - A hinge device includes first and second leaves provided respectively with first and second knuckles coupled pivotally to each other, a torsion spring having an end connected to the second knuckle, cam co-rotatable with the first knuckle, and a cam follower disposed in the first knuckle and coupled to an opposite end of the torsion spring. The first knuckle and the cam are rotatable in a first rotational direction for driving the cam to engage the cam follower and for rotating the cam follower so as to twist the torsion spring. The cam follower can be driven by a restoring force of the torsion spring to rotate in a second rotational direction opposite to the first rotational direction to drive the cam and the first knuckle to rotate in the second rotational direction, and is operable to rotate in the first rotational direction for twisting the torsion spring. | 03-31-2011 |
20110232035 | HINGE MECHANISM - The embodiment includes a hinge, a pivot shaft, a cam, and a cam follower. The pivot shaft includes an engaging portion bound by two curved surfaces and two non-rotatable surfaces. The cam is non-rotatably sleeved on the engaging portion of the pivot shaft and defines a noncircular hole and two cutouts. The noncircular hole is bound by two first contact surfaces and two second contact surfaces. The second contact surfaces are tangent to the curved surfaces of the engaging portion of the pivot shaft. The cam follower is rotatably sleeved on the engaging portion of the pivot shaft and resists the cam. The cam follower forms two peaks engaging with the cutouts in the cam. | 09-29-2011 |
20110232036 | Door Construction with Closing Pivot Hinges Integrated Into Door Panel - Door construction includes a door panel and at the top and at the bottom each time a self-closing pivot hinge. Each of the pivot hinges includes a spring which extends along the rotation axle and which provides a self-closing function to the pivot hinge. Each of the pivot hinges includes a first cam element and a second cam element which are pushed onto each other by the spring and push the door panel towards the closed position under the influence of the spring pressure. The first cam element includes at least one protrusion which upon rotation runs along a running surface with inclined parts of the second cam element. The second cam element is movably mounted in longitudinal direction of the pivot axle by means of a pen which is accommodated in a slotted hole of the second cam element. The slotted hole extends at least partly between the inclined parts of the running surface. | 09-29-2011 |
20110247177 | SWING HINGE MODULE - The present invention relates to a swing hinge module. The swing hinge module is configured by comprising: a first member in which through-holes are respectively formed at a space unit and a place distanced from the space unit; a fixing ring which is coupled to the space unit; a second member that is placed at the space unit of the first member and is coupled to the first member in order to rotate with respect to the first member; an elastic member of which one end and the other end are respectively connected to the first and second members and elastically supported by each other; and a cam which is prepared between the first and second members to support one end of the elastic member and forces the elastic member to have an eccentric motion. | 10-13-2011 |
20110252602 | HINGE MECHANISM - A hinge mechanism includes a pivot shaft, a resilient member coiling around the pivot shaft, a first cam, a second cam, and a rolling assembly. The pivot shaft defines a through hole in a radial direction thereof. The first cam and the second cam are sleeved on the pivot shaft, the first cam defines two pairs of recesses at one end surface thereof, and the second cam defines a groove at one end surface thereof facing the first cam. The rolling assembly positioned between the first cam and the second cam includes a pin and two rolling bearings sleeved on opposite ends of the pin. | 10-20-2011 |
20120060324 | Hinge - A hinge includes a fixing frame, a rotating frame, a support, and a connecting member. The rotating frame is pivotally joined to the fixing frame. The support includes a first connecting portion for joining to the base and a second connecting portion. The connecting member is mounted between the rotating frame and the support. Furthermore, the connecting member is operably moved between an extended position and a retracted position in response to two opposite pivoting directions of the rotating frame with respect to the fixing frame, and in addition, the support moves away from the rotating frame in response to the connection member moving from the retracted position to the extended position thereof. | 03-15-2012 |
20120124774 | Device At A Control Mechanism For A Window Fixture At A Turntable Window - The invention relates to a device ( | 05-24-2012 |
20160060929 | STRUCTURAL ARRANGEMENT IN PNEUMATIC FLOOR SPRING - A structural arrangement is described m pneumatic floor spring of reduced dimensions, which requires a hole in the floor for its installation, providing a shielded structure that prevents the water accumulation, such pneumatic floor spring keeps the door ( | 03-03-2016 |