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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7356880 | Hinge structure of micromirror device A hinge structure includes a rotatable plate member, a frame member, a spring member that connects the rotatable plate member with the frame member at each of two opposite positions along a rotation axis. The spring member includes a first axial section, a second ax... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350847 | Side door for motor vehicle Example embodiments relate to a side door for a motor vehicle, comprising at least one hinge device for pivotal connection of the side door to one of the body posts of the motor vehicle, the hinge device including a first hinge half adapted to be fastened to one of ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7336484 | Computer system chassis including a pivotable cable management bracket A chassis having a pivotable bracket is disclosed. The bracket pivots between an up position to permit an internal cable to be coupled to the bracket and pivots to a down position to form a hood for the passage of heated air into the interior of the computer system.... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7305796 | Door-closing assembly A door-closing assembly is used on a door and has a body, a drive device and a fastening device. The body is mounted on the door and has a connecting element, a longitudinal hole and a threaded hole. The longitudinal hole is defined in the bottom near the proximal e... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7293328 | Device for closing a door A device for closing a door, including a spring element, an attachment element for fixing the device to a door, and an actuation element. The actuation element and the attachment element are linked at opposite ends of the spring element in such a way that, when the ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7281300 | Hinge and use thereof A hinge for a child safety barrier, consisting of first (1, 9) and second (2, 10) bracket parts, wherein the first bracket part is formed with a pin (4) whose free end is formed with a shoulder (5). The second bracket part (2, 10) ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7100243 | Gate hinge with locking pin This is a device, which will allow a gate to be closed or open or set in a position to provide a means of ingress and egress to a particular facility. This would include warehouses, maintenance yards, farms and any sort of delivery facilities and other industrial si... | 09/05/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7017235 | Dual-directional hinge A dual-directional hinge for a portable device with a body and a monitor such as a mobile phone, a notebook computer or a PDA is disclosed. The hinge is composed of a first supporting member, a second supporting member, a seat, a vertical pin and a horizontal pintle... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6976290 | Hidden hinge for utility vehicle body An inventive hinge has the ability to be biased toward open and closed positions and/or is adapted to be hidden in door assemblies. The hinge includes a first bracket adapted to be mounted to a first workpiece. The first bracket comprises a generally tubular sleeve ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6715183 | Snap hinge A hinge (10) for furniture doors, the supporting wall stop part of which, which is constructed as a supporting arm (14), is coupled pivotably over two hinge guide rods (16; 18) with the door stop part, which is constructed as a hinge pot (12 | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715182 | Self-closing safety gate hinge A self-closing safety gate hinge comprises a bracket, a bottom seat, a top seat and a hinge pin. The bracket is attached to a top of a gate post. The bottom seat is attached to one side of the bracket and an inclined top surface is cambered on the bottom seat. A thr... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6678539 | Mobile phone cover hinge A mobile phone cover hinge has a driven block slidably mounted in a sleeve that is securely received in the mobile phone body and a driving block rotatably mounted in the cover of the mobile phone. When the cover pivots in a first direction, the driving b... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6611993 | Hinge mechanism A hinge mechanism for joining a door to a vessel is disclosed. The hinge mechanism includes a housing having a first end and a second end, and a rod reciprocally disposed in the housing, with the rod having a first end adapted to pivotally engage the door... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6594864 | Cushioning device for rotatable components, such as, for example, roof grab handles or sun visors of a vehicle A cushioning device (10, 10.1) for rotatable components such as, for example, roof grab handles or sun vizors of a vehicle, having an outer rotational sleeve (14) and an inner rotational part (12), which are both arranged in a manner such that they can ro... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6564427 | Hinged assembly for cover arrangement in power inlet box A hinge construction for pivotably connecting a pair of members together, such as for connecting the access cover of a power inlet box used in connecting an auxiliary generator to the electrical system of a building. The construction includes a mounting m... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6530122 | Hinge device A hinge device which can be readjusted easily by bringing a rotating member into contact with a friction member. A first fixing member 10 fixed to a copying machine 1 and a second fixing member 11 fixed to an ADF 2 are connected to each other by means of ... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6526627 | Hinge auto-return device for a glass door An hinge auto-return device for a glass door includes a body containing a longitudinal pivot hole to rotatably receive a pivot pin in the body and a lateral guide hole to movably receive a positioning block in the body. The lateral guide hole extends perp... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6510588 | Turning mechanism for providing turning motion, and hinged electronic device A turning mechanism for providing a turning motion, and a hinged electronic device. The turning mechanism comprises a power element which is arranged to generate the turning force for the turning motion, and a damping element which is arranged to control ... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6158063 | Spa cover lifting device A spa cover lifting device for lifting a folding spa cover seated on a spa from a seated position to a vertical storage position, the spa cover lifting device having a frame apparatus with a horizontal cross member and a pair of side members with ends hav... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6125508 | Snap-action hinge for furniture doors A snap-action hinge for the opening and closing of a furniture door includes: a cup part designed to be embedded in a recess of the door, a hinge arm designed to be fixed to the furniture unit with and having one end connected to the cup part by a hinge p... | 10/03/2000 |
| 5875521 | Apparatus for operating a front door of a VCR An apparatus for operating a front door of a VCR to enable the front door to pivot inward and outward with respect to the VCR. The apparatus has a door supporting member integrally formed at ends thereof with a first pivot shaft and a second pivot shaft r... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5794890 | Shielded radiator A lightweight yet reliable radiator panel is provided for use on spacecraft. The radiator panel includes at least one shield positioned over a first surface of the radiator panel, and pipes for circulating a coolant from inside of the spacecraft to the ra... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5600868 | Deployment hinge A hinge (20) includes two hinge plates (22, 24) and a connecting hinge pin (32). A coil spring (48) supported on a bushing (44) overlies the hinge pin (32), which is free to move along its longitudinal axis (30). A cam follower (42) on the hinge pin (32) ... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5488757 | Counterbalance device for mail processing system cover A counterbalance device for a mail processing system includes a cover; a base; a support arm fixedly mounted to one of the cover and the base and articulately mounted to the other of the cover and the base such that the cover and the base pivot relative t... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5445471 | Plastic joint for articulating two components A plastic joint for articulating two components comprises two dimensionally stable fastening elements serving for connecting the plastic joint with the corresponding component and a joint element arranged between the fastening elements defining at least o... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5355117 | Vehicle warning sign A warning sign hinge-mounted on the side of a vehicle, for warning motorists against blocking access, as by parking in close proximity, of a wheelchair to a wheelchair lift aboard the vehicle. The sign includes warning indicia and reflectors, and has a di... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5265511 | Controlled axial position hinge assembly A pivot assembly for mounting an operating member on a base member for pivotal movement about an axis at an optimum axial position comprising: a pivot shaft having an axis, a base member and an operating member having axially opposable first and second in... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5217316 | Slow-acting rotation shaft device A one piece shaft which supports two rotatable members is provided with shafts for energizing the rotation and for controlling an energized force of each member separately. The shaft includes a shaft body which connects two hollow shaft bodies attached to... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5187897 | Swing doors In a door and door frame construction the door is hinged to the frame by one or more hinged structures, each hinged structure comprising a convex-surfaced support associated with the door and a convex-surfaced support associated with the door frame, at le... | 02/23/1993 |
| 4914781 | Hinge assembly for a closure member A hinge assembly for pivotally connecting a closure lid to the cabinet of a top loading clothes washing machine and maintaining the lid in a releasable self-sustaining open position and out of contact with the knobs of the machine control panel. The assem... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4732340 | Article holder An article holder characterizd by a unitary construction forming a living hinge structure provided by integral sheet portions and sections coupled together across hinge lines to provide ease of mounting an article on and removing the article from the hold... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4616799 | Automatic recovery swing sign structure A yieldable highway swing sign is described which swings out of the way when struck by farm equipment or other objects such as wet snow from snow plows. The sign has a torsion bar which returns the sign to its original position after being struck. The sig... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4540943 | Belt-supported swingable metal detector A portable metal detector of the treasure finder type, comprises a shaft on the forward end of which is a conventional detector head. Intermediate the length of the shaft is a handle to be grasped by the user, whose forearm at the elbow rests in an upward... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4539727 | Top-mounted double-action door hinge A double-action hinge for single-hinge top-mounting flexible or semi-flexible doors, of a type mountable on an upright laterally-facing door jamb support, having an axis of hinge-pivot extending uprightly substantially parallel with a mounting door jamb s... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4453482 | Resilient mast hinge A radar loaded, hollow yacht mast is disclosed which is pivoted at the bottom to the deck by a tri-sectioned elastomeric torsion spring hinge assembly in which the torsion is produced by relative rotation between the inner section and the two outer sectio... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4434524 | Magnetic door hardware Magnetic door hardware for closing swinging doors. Two magnets are axially aligned with the door post, and the magnetic fields of the magnets are aligned so as to produce a radial torque when the door is swung open. One magnet is attached to the door post... | 03/06/1984 |
