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Apparatus for Simulating a High Five
A self-righting hand-arm configuration which is adapted to pivot when struck by a user, thereby simulating a "high five."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8024841 | Hinge A hinge includes a bracket, a shaft rotatably received in the bracket, a engaging member, a pressing member, and a driving member. The bracket includes a casing portion defining a receiving space therein. The receiving space includes a circular part and a slot conne... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7788770 | Hinge for a mobile video system A hinge for use in conjunction with an overhead mobile video system includes a pivot rod fixedly coupled to a mounting bracket, a housing pivotally mounted upon the pivot rod and a friction spring interposed between the pivot rod and the housing controlling rotation... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7631398 | Cam device for a hinge assembly A cam device includes a first member including a recessed first engaging portion on an inner section, a recessed second engaging portion on an outer section, and recessed third and fourth engaging portions extending from the inner section to the outer section. Furth... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7430786 | Triple positioning hinge A triple positioning hinge that is compact and securely retains a monitor of a portable electronic device at three determined positions permanently. The triple positioning hinge has a body, a pivoting member, a first positioning element, a second positioning element... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7366550 | Handheld electronic apparatus A handheld electronic apparatus. The handheld electronic apparatus includes a first connecting member, a second connecting member, an operating member, a first holding member and a second holding member. The second connecting member is rotatably connected to the fir... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359506 | Opening and closing device and electronic equipment using the same Inclined plane is provided at the tip of rotor cam. On the other hand, inclined planes are also provided in specific positions of stator cam. Because of this structure, in the specific positions, the inclined planes are in resilient contact with each other. Thus, th... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7287302 | Swing hinge device of portable terminal A swing hinge device of a portable terminal is adapted to semi-automatically rotate a pair of housings of the terminal while they face each other to open and close them. The swing hinge device of a portable terminal having a first housing and a second housing includ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7257862 | Decelerating device for insertion between two relatively rotating members, in particular a drum and an oscillating door for loading the drum in a top-loaded washing machine A decelerating device includes a bushing and a pin carried coaxially by the bushing. A first end of the pin is housed inside the bushing and a second end of the pin, opposite to the first end, projects axially in cantilever fashion from the bushing. Inside the bushi... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255307 | Closure panel arrangement A closure panel arrangement is provided in which a closure panel 6 can only be retained when appropriately aligned with engagement between clasp hooks 8 and pins 9 is achieved along with association between latch hooks 10 and pins 11 | 08/14/2007 |
| 7243398 | Pivot-action damper A pivot-action damper which for example dampens the impact effect of the closing movement of doors, furniture doors or flaps displays excellent braking force or damping force, even over small angular regions as a result of an outer cylindrical body which encompasses... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243892 | Articulated mount A mounting system for a display such as a flat panel computer monitor or television includes a linkage of individual elements which are pivotally connected together with adjustable drag tapered bearings. Each tapered bearing allows individual elements to pivot with ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7222466 | Foldable support structure with hinged sawtooth wall members A foldable truss member suitable for commercial displays includes a plurality of side members that are adjacently hinged together. The side members include support members and bridging members having extensions. The side members are joined into a foldable structure ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7203995 | Rotary type hinge assembly for foldable electronic device A rotary type hinge assembly for joining a body (310) and a cover (320) of a foldable electronic device has a first axis (A1) and a second axis (A2), and enables the cover open about the first axis and rotate about the second axis. The hi... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7150072 | Hinge assembly A hinge assembly includes a housing (1) encasing a spring (2), a cam follower (3), a cam member (4) and a washer (5) therein. The cam follower has a shaft (31), and a pair of tabs (32) perpendicularly formed on the sh... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7124472 | Hinge mechanism with single hand operation A hinge mechanism includes a shaft having an outer screw thread, a rotating cam, a rotating cam having an inner screw thread, a first elastic element, a sleeve having a latching block, a second elastic element, an anchoring block, and a button having a post. The dri... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7123949 | Foldable portable terminal In a cellular phone, a first cabinet and a second cabinet are foldably connected by a hinge, and the two cabinets are electrically connected by a connection member arranged inside the hinge portion. The hinge portion is constituted by putting together a first fittin... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117562 | Automatic opening and closing hinge assembly for portable electronic devices A hinge assembly (10) for joining a cover section (012) to a body section (014) of a foldable electronic device (01) includes: a button (1); a locking element (2); a main shaft (4); a driving spring (3); a cam ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114219 | Automobile hinges A hinge for pivotably mounting a panel to a vehicle body includes a panel attachment plate securable to the panel, a body attachment plate securable to the vehicle body, and an intermediate member pivotably attached between the body and panel attachment plates. The ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7111362 | Electronics devices with spring biased hinges and methods therefor A hinged panel (110) coupled to a body member (120), for example in a wireless communications device, including a torsion spring (150) coupled to the body member and to the panel, a cam (127) coupled to the body member, a follower (134... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7111361 | Hinge assembly A hinge assembly for joining a cover to a main body of a folding phone, includes a housing (1), a cam (2), a cam follower (3), a spring (4), and an end cover (5). The cam and the cam follower are received in the housing with a conn... | 09/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7100244 | Hinge assembly and portable electronic device having same A hinge assembly (10) includes a tubular hinge housing (11) encasing a follower member (14), a cam (13) and a spring (12) in an interior space thereof. The follower member has a connector (141), a shaft (143), and a c... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7100328 | Articulating window panel with hidden hinge for vehicles An articulating window assembly is adapted for use with a vehicle. The assembly includes a windowpane with an inner surface and a hinge adjacent to the inner surface. The hinge includes a stationary member having a pivot element with cylindrical extensions and a cen... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096536 | Hinge apparatus with check mechanism A hinge apparatus includes first and second hinge parts and a hinge pin assembly interconnecting the hinge parts. Cams on the hinge pin assembly are operatively associated for rotation with the hinge parts. Engaging surfaces of the cams provide dwell points during m... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7085375 | Small-sized hinge device The present invention is a small-sized hinge device for connecting a first member and a second member rotating relatively to each other, such as a transmitter section and a receiver section of a twofold portable telephone, comprising a case body with baffle means mo... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7076837 | Hinge device for electronic display A hinge device for pivotally coupling a display to a base includes a seat for being secured with the base, a rotor, a pair of hinges, and at least one roller located on the rotor. The seat defines a hole, and a railway defined in an inner wall of the seat. The rotor... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7076833 | Automobile door checker An automobile door checker includes a check plate, a shoe holder housed in a case, a shoe that is held by the shoe holder and the shoe slides on the check plate accompanying relative movement between the case and the check plate, and a check spring that resiliently ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7076836 | Integrated hinge and temporary door checker An integrated hinge system that provides for temporary checking of a vehicle door is provided, the system including a hinge pin, a door hinge bracket, a pillar hinge bracket, and a contact body that is affixed to the hinge pin. A latching device is affixed to the do... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7065834 | Bistable hinge with dampening mechanism A hinge for controlling a pivotal rate of movement. The hinge includes a first hinge part and a second hinge part that is pivotally mounted to the first hinge part. The first hinge part movable to and between open and closed positions relative to the second hinge pa... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7057886 | Display unit A display device includes a cabinet that has a liquid crystal display; a connection section that is rotatably provided relative to the cabinet about a first rotating shaft and parallel to the liquid crystal display; a cover body that is rotatably provided relative t... | 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 |
| 7051404 | Self-locking hinge The self-locking hinge (24) includes a first plate (28) hingedly connected to a second plate (30). Fasteners (24) are provided on the plates to secure them to a member, such as a easel strut hinge (24) of picture frame back (20 | 05/30/2006 |
| 7047600 | Egress 4-bar hinge assembly An egress 4-bar hinge assembly having two load-bearing links that pivot about spaced-apart bearing pivot points, wherein an entire length of at least one of the links overlies a planar bearing surface. The two links include a cooperating interface selected to engage... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7029197 | Quick-release joint for two tubes A quick-release joint for two tubes which includes a first connector having a first inner lip formed on an inner surface of the first connector, a second connector pivotally connected to the first connector and axially offset from the first connector. The second con... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6948217 | Single-shaft hinge device comprising a plurality of torque-generating sections A single-shaft hinge component is provided that can be made durable, of small size and light weight. The single-shaft hinge device is made up of a plurality of torque-generating sections wherein, a single-shaft hinge is formed of a single shaft 1, rotary cams... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6950686 | Cover opening/close device of mobile terminal Disclosed is an opening/closing of a mobile terminal, which comprises: a housing having a polygonal section and being non-rotatably inserted into a hinge of a cover constituting the mobile terminal; elastic means inserted into the housing; a rotary cam shaft provide... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6941616 | Pinless hinge The improved pinless hinge assembly (24) includes a first hinge plate (28) having a curled edge (28a) defining a center roll having a longitudinal axis (P) with an aperture (42) in the first hinge plate (28). A second hinge ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6928694 | Apparatus for controlling a door Door check device for a vehicle door, movable from a closed position in a door frame to a plurality of different open positions and held in the open positions, includes a strip connected to the door or door frame and a braking mechanism connected to the other of the... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6928697 | Hinge A hinge for supporting a vent between a closed position in which it lies within a fixed frame and an open position in which it extends substantially perpendicularly to the fixed frame comprises a support track, a slider mounted on the support track and a vent arm at... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6928700 | Rotating shaft with radial press device A rotating shaft with radial press device comprises a cylindrical rod and at least a friction part. The cylindrical rod extends from the rotating shaft and provides at least a milled face. The friction part is a ring piece composed of a circular section and an arche... | 08/16/2005 |
