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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7340800 | Three-piece barrel hinge A barrel hinge having a female barrel portion and two male barrel portions. The female barrel portion has a sidewall with an aperture formed therein, a length, two ends, and an outside surface, and an axial bore, with an interior wall surface and a diameter, which e... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7240397 | Refrigerator A refrigerator having a cabinet with a pair of hinge holes, a door having a pair of hinge shafts and being rotatably coupled to the cabinet by engagement between the pair of hinge shafts and the pair of hinge holes, and a door-closing device to allow the door to be ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239053 | Vibrator motor A vibrator motor has a stationary piece and a moving piece hinged at one end. The moving piece does not generate substantial internal spring forces under the influence of an electromagnetic field, because it does not have a tail bracket. Other parts of conventional ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6735821 | Joint cover A lubrication cover, for a joint such as a hinge or other similar device, includes a body defining a cavity and at least one aperture. The body is made from a stretchable material and is sized to allow the cavity to fit snuggly around the hinge. The body preferably ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6490759 | Motor vehicle hinge with a braking and holding function The invention relates to motor vehicle door hinges with a braking and holding function, consisting of a first hinge half (1) which can be fixed to a door assembly part, door or door post, a second hinge half (2) which can be fixed to the other door assemb... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6085388 | Operating device for openable and closable structure A small operating device for an openable and closable structure is disclosed which can provide a large friction torque and in which the friction torque can be adjusted. The operating device comprises a rotating shaft; a holder encasing the outer circumfer... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5918347 | Motor vehicle door lock for use with motor vehicle door hinge A motor vehicle door lock for use with a motor vehicle door hinge having two hinge halves connectable, respectively, with two parts of a door assembly, a door and a door pillar, and pivotally connected with each other by a hinge pin, the door lock includi... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5884363 | Hinge A hinge for a sectional overhead door. The hinge having first and second hinge parts. The second part has side flanges and a connecting base. The first part has a body and an integral sleeve of a length greater than the distance between extremities of the... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5771538 | Lubricated hinge pin A lubricated hinge pin having a hollow cylindrical body forming a grease reservoir. A plurality of ports are provided through the cylindrical body to lubricate an object pivotally attached to the pin. A grease fitting is provided at one end of the pin.... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5311644 | Hinge having stop notches for a door, particularly a car door A door hinge having a particularly reliable and solid stop and holding device. The movable part (13) of the hinge lies along the hinge pin (1) between the fixed part (14) and a housing (17) which contains the holding mechanism and is integral with the fix... | 05/17/1994 |
| 4979266 | Easel hinge An easel hinge includes first and second hinge plates, each including a substantially flat main portion, a curled or rolled barrel portion and a pair of rosette type fastening elements. The barrel portions of the hinge plates cooperate to hingeably connec... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4846591 | Rotary bearing for a glass-raising arm of a motor vehicle The rotary bearing assembles a first arm with a second arm (14) provided with a cylindrical throughway opening (20) which receives a journal constituted by a first cylindrical shoulder (22) projecting from the lateral surface (24) of the first arm and a s... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4679285 | Method of making a lubricated hinge pin A lubricated hinge comprises a pair of hinge plates and a lubricant filled hinge pin fitting through barrel sections of the hinge plates so as to pivotally connect same. The hinge pin comprises a hollow cylindrical body hvaing at one end a radially expans... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4575898 | Sealed bushing assembly for pivotal members A bushing assembly is disclosed for effecting a pivotal connection of associated first and second members. Notably, the assembly is of an integrally sealed configuration, and includes concentrically arranged first outer and second inner bushings which are... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4575914 | Assembly-procedure and relative hinge-assembly for use with lubricated-type crawler tracks The hinge-assembly to which the invention relates has a sleeve (3) located about the central section of a hinge-pin (2), and two thrust-rings (7) associated as one with the pin itself and abutting the ends (33) of the sleeve, the rings themselves housing ... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4541646 | Mud flap hanger A mud flap hanger for use on road vehicles such as trucks and truck-tractors wherein the hanger is adapted with pivotally mounted arms to which are attached mud flaps. The mud flaps may be moved from behind the wheel of a truck and stowed centrally betwee... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4253275 | Gate hinge and lubricating means therefor A gate hinge embodies an upstanding casing closed at its lower end and attached to a supporting post. A pintle is fixedly mounted within the casing and concentric therewith. Lower, upper and intermediate sleeves surround the pintle within the casing with ... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4186460 | Sleeper box hinge For doors of truck sleeper cabs, a sleeper box hinge is provided with flexible clip-on seals and an integral stop. The hinge swings away so that the door and a cabinet need not be forced against each other while the door is being opened.... | 02/05/1980 |
