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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8166576 | Opening/closing device and helmet having the same An opening/closing device for openably/closably supports an opening/closing part with regard to an opened/closed part, and the opening/closing device is characterized in that it comprises an attaching part attached to the opened/closed part so as to rotate around a ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8060166 | Slide mechanism of portable equipment and portable equipment the slide device and the portable equipment are equipped with a base member mounted on either one of a first casing and a second casing being components of a portable equipment, a slider member slidably mounted on either other one of the first casing and the second ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7724405 | Original cover closer and office equipment To provide an original cover closer and an office equipment in which a position adjustment and positioning of an original cover can be performed easily, and a downsizing can be realized, the original cover closer which supports the original cover relative to an equi... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7512376 | Automatic original cover closer and office equipment including automatic original cover closer An automatic original cover closer to practically realize an automatic opening and closing function of an original cover, has a hinge part to rotatably support an original cover to the main body of office equipment and a driving part to automatically drive the hinge... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7478458 | Biaxial hinge device of electrical equipment A biaxial hinge device, rotates a second member with regard to a first member around a first axis for opening and closing in a vertical direction, and rotates the second member with regard to the first member around a second axis in a horizontal direction. The hinge... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7463913 | Slide mechanism of portable device and portable telephone To provide a slide mechanism of a portable device structured to allow slide operation semiautomatically, and a portable telephone provided with the slide mechanism of the portable device, it comprises a base member 5 mounted on either one of the first casing ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7440712 | Original cover closer and office equipment including original cover closer An original cover closer has first and second parts for supporting the cover on a main body of office equipment. The first part supports a heavier side of the cover and a second part supports the lighter side of the cover. Both parts have a mounting member with a bo... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7403612 | Slide mechanism To attain a slide mechanism of a portable terminal device which, having a minimal number of parts and keeping the same function as that of a conventional one, enables a substantial production cost reduction, a mechanism relatively slides a first casing and a second ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7380313 | Hinge device and electronic equipment using the same In order to provide a hinge device exhibiting a latchless function even if a lock mechanism exposed on respective surfaces of a main body and a lid body is abolished and a small-sized electronic equipment using the same, the present invention is a hinge device coupl... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7315620 | Small-sized opening and closing device A small-sized opening and closing device which relatively connects a first member and a second member with each other to open and close, and is composed of a shaft, a cam member attached to said shaft, a slider cam attached slidably to said shaft facing to said cam ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7278184 | Slide hinge for small-sized information terminal A slide hinge for a small-sized information terminal having a first casing with keyboard and a relatively slid second casing with display. The slide hinge has a linear slide between the first and second casings, and a turning mechanism for a turning operation of the... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7187957 | Portable terminal A portable terminal device includes: a first member having a keyboard operation portion; and a second member having a display portion and attached to the first member via a coupling member movable in a horizontal direction relative to the first member, the second me... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7159833 | Coupling device for portable terminal A coupling device couples a first member and a second member to be relatively slidable and horizontally rotatable. The device is provided with the first member having a keyboard unit section and the second member having a display unit section in respectively separat... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7150075 | Hinge for portable terminal A hinge for portable terminal comprising a first member having a keyboard portion and a second member having a display portion coupled to each other in a manner capable of opening/closing in a vertical direction and rotating in a horizontal direction at a predetermi... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7150074 | Hinge for portable terminal A hinge for portable terminal that not only has both functions of allowing a second casing to open/close relative to a first casing and allowing the second casing to turn relative to the first casing in a direction right angle to the opening/closing direction, but a... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7143476 | Tilt hinge In order to provide a tilt hinge small in size and diameter capable of generating a stable friction torque of approximately 100 kgf/mm, a hinge friction-rotatably coupling a first member and a second member that are relatively opened/closed includes: a holder attach... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7107649 | Hinge device A hinge device of a portable terminal connects a keyboard member to a comparatively massive display member and has cam and friction mechanisms. The cam mechanism has a fixing cam for axially receiving a shaft which extends into a cam case having a rotation arresting... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7065835 | Slide hinge for small-sized information terminal A slide hinge is provided for a small-sized information terminal composed of a first casing and a second casing. The slide hinge functions to relatively and automatically slide the first casing and the second casing from predetermined slide positions. The slide hing... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7055219 | Hinge for portable terminal To provide, in a portable terminal such as a cellular phone, especially of a foldable type, a hinge for portable terminal that not only has both functions of allowing a second casing having a display portion to turn in a horizontal direction relative to a first casi... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7055217 | Hinge device A hinge device of a portable intelligence terminal, which connects a first member having a keyboard and a second member composed of a comparatively massive display device in an openable and closable manner as well as possible includes a cam mechanism and a friction ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7027294 | Hinge for electronic equipment and electronic equipment using the same A hinge connects two members and has a rotation arrester in one of the members. A shaft connected to the body has a slide key at its opposite end. The key constrains rotation but is axially slidable and has an arrester. An outer cam with an arrester is in the other ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6988294 | Tilt hinge A tilt hinge connecting a first member which constitutes a keyboard base and a second member which constitutes a display device of a small-sized office automation equipment, in which the first member and the second member are opened and closed with respect to each o... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6886220 | Hinge device A hinge device comprises: an attachment member attached on an apparatus body side; a supporting member pivotally supported by the attachment member through hinge pins; a document press-contacting plate attached to the supporting member; compression springs elastical... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6658111 | Small-sized opening and closing device In order to attain a small-sized opening and closing device suitable for use especially with a portable telephone which is so constructed to reduce cost by minimizing the number of parts to simplify the structure thereof, and to achieve a light pushing op... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6629336 | Original pressing plate hinge In an original pressing plate hinge including a fixing member, an original pressing plate supporting member pivotably installed via a hinge pin to the fixing member, a slider slidably housed in the supporting member, a cam member fixed between the slider ... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6593999 | Original cover closer Original cover closer with mounting base and supporting member has bent side plates rotatably mounted to each other. A lifting member with document pressure plate has side plates mounted to the supporting member side plated enabling the lifting member sid... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6584646 | Tilt hinge for office automation equipment A tilt hinge for office equipment such as a compact personal computer, has a mounting plate and a bearing plate that is at right angles to the mounting plate. A torque generating part of a shaft is press fit into one part of an elastic fastening curl memb... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6456365 | Original cover closer In order to eliminate the cam member, which is mounted to the mounting member side and to which grease is applied, to prevent, as much as possible, the portions to which grease has been applied from becoming exposed to the side of an original placed on th... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6427288 | Tilting hinge To prevent the force of operation required for tilting up and down a display unit from varying from one to another tilted angle of the display unit, to rotate the display unit with a detent, for use with no degradation of performance even after a long-ter... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6421878 | Tilting hinge To create a torque difference in a tilting hinge, the tilting hinge includes a fixture consisting of a fixing plate portion to be fixed to the body of a portable computer and a bearing plate portion bent perpendicularly to the fixing plate portion; a rota... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6421842 | Holder for toilet-bowl seat and seat lid operating hinges A holder arrangement for a toilet-bowl having a body, a seat and a lid includes a holder with a case and a bottom opening for inserting a pair of operating hinges and a pair of opposite, coaxial, side openings at opposite ends of the holder case. A pair o... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6415477 | Original pressing plate hinge In an original pressing plate hinge including a fixing member, an original pressing plate supporting member pivotably installed via a hinge pin to the fixing member, a slider slidably housed in the supporting member, a cam member fixed between the slider ... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6389611 | Hinge device for supporting seat and seat lid of toilet bowl openably and closably A hinge device for use to support a seat and seat lid of a toilet bowl openably and closably is provided which can also be implemented even without any rubber ring and provide a delicately controlled feeling with the sea and seat lid when being opened or ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6378171 | Tilting hinge A tilting hinge is provided which includes a first bracket consisting of a fixing plate portion and a bearing plate portion bent at a right angle relative to the fixing plate portion, the fixing plate portion being fixed to any one of the body of an appar... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6327457 | Opening-closing device with limited lifting range An opening-closing device is capable of automatically positioning an opened pressing mechanism horizontally in relation to a supporting table. A base member is provided for fixation to a body of an apparatus on which the pressing mechanism is to be used. ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6275999 | Hinge device for supporting seat and seat lid of toilet bowl openably and closably A hinge device for use to support a seat and seat lid of a toilet bowl openably and closably is provided which can also be implemented even without any rubber ring and provide a delicately controlled feeling with the sea and seat lid when being opened or ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6178597 | Operative hinge for opening/closing body An operative hinge for use with an opening/closing body is provided which comprises a hinge case to be installed to a toilet bowl body for operating the opening/closing body; a shaft provided rotatably within the hinge case to support the opening/closing ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6175990 | Hinge device In order to fabricate a hinge device for opening and closing an opening and closing member which is opened and closed one-sidedly or relatively in respect of a main body of the device in a small size, with a structure as simple as possible and inexpensive... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6154925 | Tilting hinge A tilting hinge, includes a bracket having mount plate portion and a bearing plate portion bent at a right angle in relation to the mount plate portion and in which a bearing hole is formed. A rotating shaft has a mount portion, a large-diameter portion a... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6125507 | Closing device for covering member In order to provide a closing device for a covering member, which is smaller than a conventional device, can stably hold the covering member at a predetermined open angle, and is manufactured at low cost, the closing device comprises: a rotary shaft havin... | 10/03/2000 |
