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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7841049 | Hinge assembly A hinge assembly includes a first swinging member, a second swinging member that has a barrel at one end, a pivot pin inserted through the barrel to pivotally secure the second swinging member to a proximal end of the first swinging member, a guide member, which has... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7805809 | Hinge with pushing force during opening for furniture units with cornice The invention relates to a hinge for furniture units with cornice, provided inside with a spring device suitable to produce a pushing force on the door in the opening direction, in such a way as to be coupled with a holding device, for example of the ratchet type, a... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7444715 | Hinge mechanism for foldable electronic device A hinge mechanism includes a fixed member (20), two rolling elements (40), an elastic member (60), a rotational member (50) and a shaft (30). The fixed member has a flange (201) and a stop portion (202) thereof. Two f... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7305797 | Door-closing assembly of frameless glass door A door-closing assembly is used on a frameless glass door and has a body, a drive device, a mounting bracket and a holding device. The body has a mounting panel and a casing. The casing has an outer end, a transverse hole and a longitudinal hole. The longitudinal ho... | 12/11/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7243394 | Door closing hinge device A door closing hinge device includes two flaps for attaching to a door frame and a door panel, a seat and a housing attached to the flaps. A follower is slidably disposed in the housing, and includes an inclined surface for engaging with an inclined surface of the s... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240401 | Hinge mechanism for platen cover A hinge mechanism of an image forming apparatus supporting a platen cover for holding an original at a fixed position on a platen glass includes a hinge unit for supporting the platen cover in such a manner that the platen cover can be opened and closed by swinging ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7216401 | Hinge assembly and housing A hinge assembly adapted for a housing having a main body and a sub-body rotatably positioned on the main body, the hinge assembly including: a first hinge portion adapted to rotatably support both lower sides of the sub-body; and a second hinge portion adapted to r... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7178198 | Mounting arrangement for glass doors A mounting arrangement for glass doors includes an upper mounting having a mounting body with a clamping device for the glass leaf and a displaceable bearing pin for engaging in a counterbearing at a transom and a lower mounting with a mounting body with a clamping ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7155779 | Automatic lift and turn hinge and gate An automatic hinge having an upper or left hand section with an arcuate interior or lower edge, a central section with an arcuate left hand or upper edge and an arcuate right hand or lower edge, and a lower or right hand section with an upper or interior edge. The s... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7127777 | Non-glass-cutting and adjustable automatic positioning hinge for a glass door A non-glass-cutting and adjustable hinge has a doorframe mount, a securing base, a spindle, a door bracket assembly, at least one positioning device and an adjusting assembly. The securing base is securely attached to the doorframe mount. The door bracket assembly i... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7127911 | Kimchi refrigerators A kimchi refrigerator includes a cabinet to define an external appearance of the kimchi refrigerator. The cabinet includes a storage compartment to store food. The storage compartment is opened at a top thereof to form an opening. A lid is hinged to a predetermined ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7111363 | Door hinge structure for refrigerator Disclosed herein is a door hinge structure for a refrigerator. The door hinge structure comprises an upper fixture unit which is screwed to a predetermined front upper portion of a refrigerator body, and has an upper hinge pin to be inserted in a top aperture formed... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7100240 | Hinge device having temporary angle set function In order to facilitate the assembling of a hinge device, hinge-arm angle is temporarily allowed for free setting. Here, between an annular portion of hinge arm and a fixed cam, a stopper is provided which is to prevent against a fitting of between a recess of annula... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096534 | Hinge assembly with rotating mechanism A hinge assembly (1) includes a housing (10) encasing a rotating mechanism (30) and an elastic plate (40) therein, with an open end (12) of the housing being covered by an end cover (50). The rotating mechanism has a cam por... | 08/29/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7028373 | Spring biased hinges and methods therefor A hinged housing portion (110) coupled to a second housing portion (120), for example in a wireless communications device, including a compression spring (134) coupled to one of the housing portions, a cam (142) coupled to the body member... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7017233 | Hinge assembly with integrating shaft A hinge assembly includes a shaft (1), a prime mover spring (2) having two end portions (22, 23), a case drive member (3) having a cam face (311), a main body drive member (4) having a cam face (411) movably engaged w... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7008032 | Refrigerator incorporating french doors with rotating mullion bar A refrigerator includes French-style doors and a rotating mullion. The rotating mullion is mounted to one of the French-style doors through first and second hinge members. Each of the first and second hinge members include first and second hinge elements having corr... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7003847 | Door closer A door closer comprising a housing, a member for driving engagement with a door, the member being rotatable relative to the housing in a door opening direction and in a door closing direction, a spring apparatus within the housing providing a resilient bias, the res... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6966150 | Adjustable automatic positioning hinge for glass doors An adjustable automatic positioning hinge for a glass door includes a doorframe mount, a body, a spindle, a positioning device, a door bracket and two adjusting screws. The body is attached to the doorframe mount and rotatably holds the spindle. The spindle has an e... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6952860 | Hinge structure incorporated with a rotary actuator In a hinge structure suitable for use in a foldable mobile phone, the initial unfolding action is effected by converting a pushing stroke of an operating member into a rotational movement of the hinge by using a cam/cam follower mechanism. Thereby, an unexpected rea... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6925685 | Angular adjustment arrangement of pivot hinge A pivot hinge for pivotally mounting a glass structure to a border frame, includes a joint body having two joint walls for securely sandwiching the glass structure, a joint hub including a supporting shaft having an adjusting portion, and an angular adjustment arran... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6910665 | Integrated refrigerator cabinet leveling and door closing assembly An integrated door closing and leveling assembly for a refrigerator includes a spring biased door closure and an adjustable support integrated into a housing. The door closure includes an arm attached to the housing for relative sliding and pivoting movement, while ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6802107 | Self-locking hinge apparatus with a single stable state A self-locking hinge apparatus with a single stable state includes a pivotal shaft, a retaining ring, a stator, a compression spring, and a rotor. The retaining ring, the compression spring, the stator and the rotor are arranged in series along the pivotal shaft. Th... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6775883 | Hinge mechanism A hinge mechanism for pivotally connecting a flip onto a housing includes a bush, a compression spring, and a release button. The bush has a sidewall, a receiving space defined by the sidewall, and a protrusion. The protrusion is protruded from the sidewall. The rel... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6721991 | Elastic hinge with inclined plane eyelet for automatic closing of spectacle temples The present invention concerns a hinge for the hinging of spectacle temples, which allows the automatic closing of the temples on the same front of spectacle which has been removed from the head or which features one or both temples in open or wide-open position. A ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6658694 | Hinge device with a returning member for automatically closing an open door A hinge member includes a rotatable cam element with a first cam face and a slidable cam element with a second cam face associated with the first cam face in such a manner that the second cam face moves away from the first cam face when the slidable cam e... | 12/09/2003 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6459887 | Foldable portable telephone A foldable portable telephone of the invention comprises a main body case 1, and a closure case 2 connected to the case 1 by a pair of hinge mechanisms 10, 10'. On the hinge mechanisms, 10, comprises cylindrical barrel portions 13, 22 provided respectivel... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6438798 | Extra-flat expandable hinge A hinge includes a first rigid element enclosing elastic elements that have at least one elastic end oriented so that the elastic elements extend into a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the hinge. One end of the first rigid element is formed... | 08/27/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6360401 | Hinge The present invention is directed to a hinge in which a fixed end of a leaf spring is inserted into a slot of a side wall of a cup-shaped hinge part near the bottom, the leaf spring encompassing with an opening, a cam or a protruding of the bottom of the ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6161255 | Pressure hinge device for glass door or panel An indexing hinge particularly useful for glass shower doors. A mounting member is mountable to the supporting structure around the opening to the shower. For example, this could be at the top and bottom of the opening to the shower. Another mounting memb... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6122801 | Hinge mechanism A hinge mechanism in provided with a first hinge portion, a second hinge portion, and a third hinge portion coupled to said first hinge portion. The third hinge portion includes a first end and a second end. A first axle is coupled to the first end of the... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6115886 | Hinge apparatus A hinge apparatus for portable electronic devices such as portable telephones and handheld personal computers can be manufactured with a small and simple structure at a low cost. The hinge apparatus has a shaft with a flange, a cam engaged with an end of ... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5996178 | Hinge suitable for use in a foldable device A foldable device (100) includes two housings (102, 108) rotatably coupled by a hinge (3800) about an axis of rotation (211). The hinge (3800) has a stationary element (3802) and a movable element (3804) positioned in a pocket (3858) of one of the housing... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5996179 | Device for preventing inadvertent pressing of push button keys A device for preventing inadvertent pressing of push button keys of an article, including an upper cover means, a turning axle means, and a pivot joint means. When an upper cover plate of the upper cover means is lifted, pointed portions of two curved pro... | 12/07/1999 |
