Hinge
US5794308A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 27, 1996 |
| Grant date | Aug 18, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 27, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S16/13
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A resilient hinge arrangement has a first hinge part and a second hinge part that assumes a plurality of stable pivoting positions with respect to the first hinge part, with a dead center lying at least between two of the stable pivoting positions. The second hinge part is arranged to return from pivoting positions between the two stable pivoting positions through the dead center, outside a dead center itself, in an elastically resilient manner into a nearest one of the stable pivoting positions. Two connecting arms are spaced a distance apart and include at least one coupling element protruding movably from each of the first and second hinge parts, and at least one substantially flexurally rigid intermediate part between the coupling elements that is delimited by two bending regions that are spaced apart and arranged at an angle to each other between the intermediate part and the coupling elements. Each of the two connecting arms is substantially stress free in an opened position and a closed position of the first hinge part relative to the second hinge part at a point at which the bending regions come closest to each other. Each coupling element is arranged to execute a maximum e…
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