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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7275285 | Deployment hinge A deployment hinge for deploying an appendage, including a movable portion affixed to the appendage, and a stationary portion affixed to a stationary body. In a non-deployed state, the movable portion is mechanically engaged with the stationary portion and a mechani... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7211722 | Structures including synchronously deployable frame members and methods of deploying the same A lightweight structure for space application is deployable from a compact bundle of interconnected struts into a plurality of tiled substantially rectangular bays. Each bay preferably comprises four or six hinged strut members having substantially rectangular cross... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7120967 | Pet door hinge A pet door hinge adapted to accommodate potentially damaging forces. The hinge mechanism includes a shaft that is received by a shock-absorbing bearing. The bearing is received by a sleeve. The bearing rotates within the sleeve to allow pivoting of the flap. In the ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7089626 | Adjustable door hinge An adjustable hinge assembly for a vehicle door in which a body-mounting plate has a spherical convex surface in moveable contact with a corresponding spherical concave surface at the base of a hinge plate permitting adjustments in the pivot axis of the hinge assemb... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7028442 | Deployable truss beam with orthogonally-hinged folding diagonals A deployable single truss with folding or removable chordal members and diagonals and orthogonal hinge joints for continuous and synchronous retraction and extension, in straight and curved configurations. One or more endframes may be used to close off or mount one ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7013530 | Device for detachable connection between two elements The invention concerns a removable linking device 1 between a first element 3 and a second element (2). It comprises a reception cradle (13) delimited by the first element (3), on the one hand, and a connecting means (20 | 03/21/2006 |
| 6808333 | Pivot pin assembly A pivot pin assembly is provided including a rotatable member having a hole therethrough with tapered ends, a pivot pin including a cylindrical portion and a conical portion engagable with a corresponding end of the tapered ends of the rotatable member, a pivot bear... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6141830 | Outset hinge of a door An outset hinge has a shaft holding body which is adjustable in a sideways direction. The side direction of the shaft holding body is equal to front and back directions or sideways directions of the door fittings. Accordingly the outset hinge is easy to a... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6038736 | Hinge for deployable truss An improved hinge assembly is disclosed that is particularly apt for use with deployable trusses utilized on satellites and other spacecraft. In one arrangement, the inventive hinge assembly comprises a tapered roller bearing assembly having tapered rolle... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5940934 | Separable hinge A separable hinge composed of two hinge components, each having a leaf and at least one tubular knuckle. The knuckles are interleaved when the two hinge components are assembled. The leaves provide an attachment structure. A first hinge component has at l... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5323512 | Hinge A hinge is described having first and second members for respective attachment to two components to be hingedly interconnected. A movement arrestor is provided which serves as a check on the hinging movement of the two hinge members. The arrestor comprise... | 06/28/1994 |
| 4864689 | Arrangement with dual hinge assemlies for removable motor vehicle doors An arrangement for mounting doors on motor vehicles, wherein the doors may be removed during assembly and replaced in a desired mounted position on the vehicle including an upper and a lower hinge assembly with at least one screw bolt engaged in one of th... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4704970 | Concealed hinge for lightweight safes A hinge assembly composed of a planar-surfaced mounting bracket, a pivoted connection means, and an approximately "J"-shaped leaf member is disclosed. The hinge, being configured to function in a concealed fashion, operates to pivotedly mount a recessed d... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4692963 | Self-closing hinge and isolation door installation A self-closing isolation door installation adapted to swing between a closed and an open position. A resilient gasket is connected about the periphery of the door to insure a tight seal. The door has a rotatable first hinge vertically mounted and adapted ... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4658471 | Hinge with no tubular portion and method of producing the same A hinge with a left-hand side flap plate and a right-hand side flap plate, each of which has no tubular portion for receiving a shaft bar. Each side flap plate has on its end at least one shaft plate having at least one communication hole and at least one... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4633545 | Automobile door hinge construction In an automobile door hinge which includes a leaf mounted on the body and a leaf mounted on the door, the leaves having parallel overlapping flanges, with a hinge pin in aligned holes in the flanges, hinge plates are secured to the flanges of the body lea... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4247065 | Carrying wing with moving flap A carrying wing having a movable flap, an outer skin of plastics formed continuously without gap from the carrying wing surface to the flap surface, the skin being designed as a thin flexible membrane spanning the transition zone between the carrier wing ... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4244081 | Hinge for spectacles A hinge for spectacles consists of two parts one of which one has a cam surface while the other part comprises a blind cylindrical housing in which are arranged at least one spring and one ball bearing, with the spring pushing the ball bearing against the... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4113213 | Mail box support An improved mail box support device comprised of an arm having a first and second end with means to support a mail box at the first end thereof and having means at its second end to be rotatably mounted on a shaft supported on a post, the arm being bent a... | 09/12/1978 |
| 3964207 | Pivot arrangement for transferring pressurized air into a pivot door A pivot arrangement at the upper end of a pivot door includes a bushing on the door and a hollow pivot pin projected from the door frame header into the bushing. Fluid conduits are connected with the pin and the bushing so that the conduits are in communi... | 06/22/1976 |
