Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a chamber including a body having an open portion and a door for blocking the open portion; a substrate supporter connected to the door; and a door operating means including a rotation shaft for straightly moving and rotating the door, the door and the body separated in parallel from each other by straightly moving the door.

Abstract: A holding apparatus includes a base, a clamp portion protruding from the base, a fixed clamper, and a rotatable damper. The rotatable clamper includes a fixed arm and two resisting arms extending from the fixed arm toward the fixed damper. An adjustment portion includes an angle adjusting member and a locking member. The angle adjusting member includes a base body, a depressible member protruding from the base body, two side arms protruding from opposite ends of the base body, and two resisting portions protruding from the side arms. The two resisting portions resist on the two second resisting arms. The angle adjusting member includes a hook extending from a second bottom of the base body. The locking member includes a main body and at least one locking protrusion protruding from the main body. Each locking protrusion is engagable with the hook to prevent the rotatable clamper from rotating.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a hinge for movably connecting a first panel to a second panel, the hinge comprising first and second spaced apart hinge members, each hinge member being connectable to the respective first and second panels; and a connector located between the hinge members, the connector having a pin member which connects the hinge members together to permit selective movement of the first panel relative to the second panel about multiple axes.

Abstract: A multi-purpose pinless attachment system includes a first structure having oppositely facing recesses separated by a web region. Pairs of recesses form pivot bar bearing surfaces, and a transverse pivot axis passes through the web region at a midpoint between these pairs of bearing surfaces. A second structure defines an interior pivot channel between its distal tip and a proximal shank. The tip is separated from the shank by a gap to allow the web region of the first structure to pass through the gap while the interior pivot channel is brought into bearing registration with the pivot bar. The pivot channel receives the portion of the web region separating the first and second recesses. Surface portions of the pivot channel frictionally engage at least a portion of a pivot bar bearing surface while the second structure is pivoted relative to the first structure about the transverse pivot axis.

Abstract: A hinge mechanism and mattress for use with a child containment device. A first mattress panel is pivotally coupled to a second mattress panel by a hinge mechanism, and is thereby convertible between an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration. The hinge mechanism defines a limit point beyond which pivotal motion is prevented in at least one direction.

Abstract: A hinge assembly connecting adjacent panels of an accordion shutter includes a hinge member having a pair of curved arms and a pair of panel connection members each having a pivot shaft. The pivot shafts are received within the corresponding curved arms and retained for rotation therein with the tips of the curved arms received in arm receiving channels of the panel connection members. The adjacent panels may be oriented at an angle of less than 180° with respect to each other when both panel connection members are rotated to positions wherein the tips of curved arms are engaged by the closed ends of the arm receiving channels. The base of the hinge member also has a pair of shoulders, and the adjacent panels are oriented approximately parallel when the panel connection members are rotated to positions wherein the panel connection members are engaged by the shoulders.

Abstract: A hinge element has at least one planar structure made of a thermoplastic material. Following a stretching process, the thermoplastic material undergoes a shrinking process under the effects of heat.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an attaching structure for a door of a working vehicle, by which the door is readily mounted. With respect to an attaching structure for a bonnet 51 rotatably held so as to block an opening portion 65 disposed in an engine compartment of a backhoe 100, the attaching structure includes the pivot holding member 53 that includes a pivot 52 configured to be provided in any one of the side of the bonnet 51 or the side of the backhoe 100 and configured to be the center of rotation of the bonnet 51, a shaft tube 531 configured to be provided in other one of the side of the bonnet 51 or the side of the backhoe 100 and configured to allow the pivot 52 to be inserted and rotatably hold the pivot 52, and a receiving portion 532 configured to support the pivot 52 when the pivot 52 is inserted into the shaft tube 531.

Abstract: A hinge kit can be provided. The hinge kit can comprise a first hinge and a second hinge. The first hinge can include a first plate having a first knuckle coupled to the first plate and a second knuckle spaced apart from the first plate. The first hinge can further include a second plate having a first knuckle and a second knuckle coupled to the second plate and a third knuckle spaced apart from the second plate. A first pin can be fixedly coupled to the first hinge. The second hinge can include a first plate having a first knuckle and a second knuckle coupled to the first plate and a second plate having a first knuckle and a second knuckle coupled to the second plate. The second hinge can further include a second pin removably coupled to the second hinge.

Abstract: A container may be configured to be operable between a collapsed configuration and an erected configuration. The container may include a base that supports a first attachment member. The container may include a roof that supports a second attachment member. The first and second attachment members may be spaced apart from each other when the container is in the erected configuration. The first and second attachment members may be configured to allow the roof to be secured to the base when the container is in the collapsed configuration. A hinge assembly that may be used with the collapsible container may include a pivoting component, an attachment member that supports the pivoting component, and a securement member. The attachment member may cooperate with the securement member to secure the pivoting component in an upright orientation.

Abstract: A storage cabinet includes a frame assembly having a forward facing surface and defining an interior configured to store items; a door assembly having a lateral surface; and a hinge assembly pivotally coupling the frame assembly to the door assembly such that the door assembly is moveable from a closed position to a plurality of open positions. The hinge assembly includes a frame component mounted to the forward facing surface of the frame assembly; and a door component mounted to the lateral surface of the door component and configured to rotate relative to the frame component upon rotation of the door assembly relative to the frame assembly. The hinge assembly is configured to enable a user to remove the door assembly from the frame assembly by lifting the door in a vertical direction only when the door assembly is moved from the closed position at least a predetermined amount.

Abstract: Disclosed is a music stand that includes a column with a first segment having at least one positional slot and a second segment having a protrusion configured to be received in each of the positional slots. When the protrusion is received in one of the positional slots, the protrusion can prevent relative translation of the first segment and the second segment in at least one direction, thereby defining a unique extension. The music stand also includes a support selected from a rack and a pedestal that is fixed relative to said column.

Abstract: Disclosed are a hinged connector and a video display assembly containing an attachment panel having a front surface and a back surface, with a video display attached to the front surface and at least one hinged connector attached to the back surface.

Abstract: The present invention provides a foldable flexible display device. A foldable flexible display device according to the present invention includes: first and second plates having a predetermined area; a hinge member for connecting the first plate and the second plate; and a flexible display screen attached to the tops of the first plate and the second plate and the hinge member, in which the hinge member folds the first plate and the second plate and the flexible display screen while folding with smooth curvature. According to this configuration, the operation for folding or unfolding the screen of a flexible display device can be smoothly operated and damage to the display screen can be prevented, resulting in remarkable improvement in reliability of a product.

Abstract: A rotary mechanism includes a base, a supporting component, a bridging component, a guiding component and a shaft. The base includes a guiding structure. The guiding structure includes a first area, a curvature of the first area is increased from a front end to a rear end of the first area. The bridging component includes a pivot hole and a guiding slot. The guiding component passes through the base and is movably disposed inside the guiding structure. Two ends of the guiding component are respectively disposed on the supporting component and the pivot hole, and the supporting component can rotate relative to the bridging component via the guiding component. The shaft passes through the base and is movably disposed inside the guiding slot. The guiding component moves along the guiding structure, and the supporting component can rotate relative to the base via the bridging component and the shaft.

Abstract: A hinge pin lock for a molded plastic container includes a locking tab molded with an upper rim of the container and connected to the upper rim by a living hinge. The locking tab is pivotable from an open position to a locked position. A channel is formed in the upper rim and is sized to receive a hinge pin of a container lid. The channel includes engagement structure that secures the locking tab in the locked position.

Abstract: A connection mechanism connecting the main body and display of an electronic device includes an arm, a first hinge connecting the main body with the arm, a second hinge connecting the arm with the display, and a magnetic element disposed on the arm for exerting a magnetic attraction force on the display. When the arm rotates in a first direction relative to the main body with an included angle between the main body and the display smaller than a critical angle, a first torque opposite to the first direction is provided by the first hinge. When the arm continues rotating relative to the main body with the included angle between the main body and the display exceeding or equaling the critical angle, a second torque opposite to the first direction is provided by the first hinge, wherein the second torque exceeds the first torque.

Abstract: An appliance lid hinge assembly has a channel housing including first and second spaced-apart side walls and a transverse face walls, a cavity located between the first and second side walls and a slot having first and second slot portions respectively located in said first and second side walls. The channel housing is pivotally connected to a cam via a rivet or other pivot fastener at a pivot point. A biasing element acts between the housing and the cam in order to control the movement of housing relative to the cam about the pivot point. Alternatively, a damper can be used to control movement of the housing relative to the cam about the pivot point. A snubber subsystem can also be added to provide further damping resistance.

Abstract: A hinge assembly comprising first and second hinge plates mounted for relative rotation about a pivot. The first hinge plate comprises a mount for coupling to a door component and the hinge assembly is arranged to permit a degree of relative linear movement between the second hinge plate and a door component coupled to the mount, independent of the relative rotational position of the first and second hinge plates within their range of relative rotation about the pivot.

Abstract: An opening and closing mechanism has an apparatus body 2 and an opening and closing member 3 that opens and closes by rotating with respect to the apparatus body 2, and also has a rod-like metal shaft member 8 that is mounted in the apparatus body 2. The opening and closing member 3 is rotatably supported about the metal shaft member 8 through insertion of the opening and closing member 3 between a guiding surface 7a1 having a circular arc surface shape provided in the apparatus body 2, and a surface 8a of the metal shaft member 8.

Abstract: Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to a hinge assembly. An example of the hinge assembly includes a pair of active hinges and a pair of passive hinges. The hinge assembly may be utilized in portable computing devices such as notebook computers and personal digital assistants (PDAs).

Abstract: A support for a flexible display of a portable electronic device includes: a first hinge element coupled to a second hinge element in a side-by-side arrangement, the first hinge element having: a display-receiving surface extending at least partway along a length of the first hinge element, the display-receiving surface for coupling to the flexible display; and a guide coupling the first hinge element to the second hinge element and guiding movement of the second hinge element relative to the first hinge element along a path between a first stop and a second stop, the first stop for limiting movement in a first direction and the second stop for limiting movement in a second direction; a neutral plane associated with movement of the first hinge element relative to the second hinge element is external to the support and located adjacent to the display-receiving surface.

Abstract: A hinge structure includes a base, a rotating member and a resilient member. The base includes a cylinder and a piston slidably mounted in the cylinder. Both the resilient member and increasing air pressure in the cylinder below the piston act as a cushioning module to make the rotating member move more and more slowly to the end of the closed position, to cushion the closing of the rotating member and any object it carries.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a base, a cover rotatably connected to the base and a dampening mechanism. The dampening mechanism includes an engaging component secured to the base and a dampening component secured to the cover. When the cover is opened, the engaging component contacts with the dampening component for dampening the movement of the cover relative to the base.

Abstract: A free-stop hinge apparatus employed in a folding-type mobile terminal preferably includes: a hinge housing; a driving part for providing a free-stop operation, which is received in the hinge housing. A hinge shaft restrains the driving part in the hinge housing, and the driving part includes a rotating driving actuating cam and a driven sliding cam slides according to rotation of the driving actuating cam. The driving actuating cam includes an inner cam formed on one surface of a body, and an outer cam confronting the inner cam, and the driven sliding cam includes an inner valley which is disposed to confront the inner cam and slides together with the inner cam, and an outer valley which is disposed to confront the outer cam and slides together with the outer cam.

Abstract: A damping device for a hatch in a military vehicle used during its closing and opening, said hatch being integral with hinges hinged with respect to an interface, wherein said device comprises a tubular body integral with the hinges and hinged between two bearings integral with the interface, said body enclosing two fixed damping means between which a rod is positioned, said rod being mobile in translation to activate one of the damping means during the opening of the hatch and the other damping means during the closing of the hatch.

Abstract: An articulated device comprises a first member that is provided with a first set of teeth fixedly connected thereto. A second adjacent member is provided with a second set of teeth fixedly connected thereto. A coupling section is also provided on which the first set of teeth is hingeably supported around a first hinge axis and on which the second set of teeth is hingeably supported around a second hinge axis wherein the first set of teeth engages with the second set of teeth. A positioning device sets an angular position of the first and second members relative to the coupling section.

Abstract: A tiled display rotational assembly is provided. The system uses panels connected by hinges, the panels configured to mount at least one display on each panel. A first panel has an extending hinge portion with a first bearing surface attached to an edge while a second panel has a receiving hinge portion with a second bearing surface attached to an edge. When the extending hinge portion is inserted into the receiving hinge portion the extending hinge portion and the receiving hinge portion together define an axis of rotation about which the panels may rotate.

Abstract: A movement device for a helmet for moving a first element of the helmet with respect to a second element of the helmet is described. The movement device includes a pivot element for pivoting about an axis of rotation, and a pivot seat, in which the pivot element is arranged. The pivot element includes an eccentric portion or cam, and the pivot seat includes a first seat region and a second seat region. The first seat region is in a position angularly offset and linearly translated with respect to the second seat region. A first position of the pivot element corresponds to the first seat region and a second position of the pivot element corresponds to the second seat region.

Abstract: A support mechanism includes a support frame, a first hinge assembly, and a second hinge assembly. The support frame includes a first pivoting portion and a second pivoting portion aligned with the first pivoting portion. The first hinge assembly is mounted to the first pivoting portion, and the second hinge assembly is mounted to the second pivoting portion and aligns with the first hinge assembly. The support mechanism is durable. The present disclosure further provides an electronic device using the support mechanism. As the first pivot portion and the first hinge assembly is arranged in a line coaxial with the second pivoting portion and the second hinge assembly, an amount of force applied for supporting the main body of the electronic device is dispersed in a line, rather than being focused on one point, such that, an adjustable viewing angle to the main body is also provided.

Abstract: A hinge set (and associated methodology and resultant hung doors or windows) where the leaf of each hinge sleeved component is, or is to be, leafwise received in, and is, or to be, screwed into, a different cavity, yet allowing aligned sleeve meshing for pin insertion. Its use allows the leaf to be largely concealed even when the doors or windows are open.

Abstract: The present invention provides a peripheral device with limited relative angular movement. The peripheral device is configured for detachable operative interconnection with a computing device and comprises a first portion, a second portion, and an operatively connected peripheral device component. The first portion includes a first hinge portion, which defines an axis of rotation, and comprises a first protrusion and a second protrusion. The first protrusion is disposed axially separated at a predetermined distance from the second protrusion. The second portion includes a second hinge portion, which is operatively interconnected with the first hinge portion to allow the first portion and the second portion to rotate relative to one another about the axis of rotation between a first angle and a second angle. The peripheral device component provides one or more peripheral device functions. The first angle and the second angle at least in part are defined by the first protrusion and the second protrusion.

Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a main body, a cap body and a hinge assembly. The cap body is movably attached to the main body, and the hinge assembly is disposed between the main body and the cap body. The hinge assembly includes a sliding portion and a rotating portion connected to each other. When the cap body and the main body are totally overlapped, the cap body is selectively to rotate or to slide with respect to the main body over the hinge assembly.

Abstract: A laptop computer includes a first chassis accommodating a display section; a second chassis accommodating an operation control section; and a hinge mechanism coupling the first and second chassis. The hinge mechanism includes a hinge bracket inside an escutcheon part of the first chassis and having a base end side coupled with a hinge axle. A slanted extension part is provided to a side edge portion of the escutcheon part from a side corresponding to a tip of the hinge bracket to a side corresponding to the base end of the hinge bracket. A slanted part which corresponds to the slant of the extension part is provided to a side edge portion of the one side of the second chassis. The hinge bracket is fixed to the first chassis with a tip portion of the hinge bracket abutting a slanted back surface of the extension part.

Abstract: An adjustable hinge set and a method for making it improves mounting of a deck lid to a motor vehicle body by permitting mass production adjustments without distortion or multiplication of the parts installed. A hinge set bracket with spaced flanges receiving a pivot strap and pivot therebetween is formed with a substantially vertical slot in each flange. At least one insert having a collar and a stem, reinforces the spacing between the support flanges, as the pivot pin compressionally engages the flanges. Preferably, two inserts having a collar and a stem have a combined length that reinforces the predetermined spacing within a predetermined tolerance when compression is adjusted.

Abstract: The invention relates to an adaptive spring, damping or hinge system having functional characteristics that are adaptable to various operating conditions, with provision being made for at least one adaptive spring system or a damping or hinge system formed of shape memory material to be activatable in such a manner that by subjecting it to heating or to an annealing treatment, the spring, damping or hinge characteristics may be modified in operation condition, and/or that at least one variable actuator element formed of a shape memory material is provided and is capable of changing the spring, damping or hinge characteristics of the adaptive system.

Abstract: A damping system for fittings, in particular for domestic appliances and furniture, comprises a first fitting part (2) which can be moved relative to a second fitting part (3), wherein a damping element (4, 4?) with a housing (5) and a piston (7, 14), which is mounted such that it can move in the housing (5), is provided in order to brake the relative movement of the first fitting part (2) to the second fitting part (3) before an end position is reached, wherein a knitted fabric (6) comprising threads is arranged in the housing (5), it being possible for said knitted fabric to be compressed by the piston (7, 14) for the purpose of damping the movement of the fitting parts (2, 3).

Abstract: A dual-axis hinge structure and electric device having the same are provided, and the dual-axis hinge structure includes a hinge base having a pushed portion, a first pivot portion having a first cam and a first shaft, a second pivot portion having a second cam and a second shaft, and a restoring member connected both the first pivot portion and the second pivot portion. The first shaft is pivoted on the hinge base, and the first cam is fixed on the first shaft, and the first cam is contacted with one lateral side of the pushed portion. The second shaft is parallel to the first shaft, and is pivoted on the hinge base, and the second cam is fixed on the second shaft, and the second cam is contacted with another lateral side of the pushed portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hybrid hinge. The hybrid hinges 7, 8 are used for rotatably adjoining segments S1, S2, S1 of a suitable electronic apparatus. The hybrid hinge 7, 8 comprise respective rigid hinges 2, 4 arranged to rotate the segments S1, S2, respectively S2, S1? about respective shafts 2, 4. The hybrid hinges further comprise respective elastic hinges having respective portions 3a, 3b, 3c and 5a, 5b, 5c. Preferably, a central portion 3b, 5b of the elastic hinges is arranged to coincide with the shaft 2a, 4a. More preferably, the elastic hinges are arranged to seal an interface between the segments S1, S2 and S2, S1? in the area of the rigid hinge. The invention further relates to an electronic device comprising the hybrid hinge.

Abstract: A knee orthosis comprises an upper leg attachment and a lower leg attachment. In addition, the knee orthosis includes a hinge joint extending between the upper leg attachment and the lower leg attachment. The hinge joint includes an upper arm having a first end fixed to the upper leg attachment and a second end opposite the first end. The second end including a semi-spherical surface. Further, the hinge joint includes a lower arm having a first end fixed to the lower leg attachment and a second end opposite the first end. The second end including a semi-spherical surface that mates with the semi-spherical surface of the second end of the upper arm.

Abstract: A hinge assembly for rotatably supporting a decklid relative to a body of a vehicle includes a damping mechanism for damping movement of the decklid relative to the body. The damping mechanism includes a damping clip attached to a bracket of the hinge assembly, and a damping bumper attached to a hinge box of the hinge assembly. Movement of the bracket from a closed position into an open position brings the damping bumper into engagement with the damping clip. The damping bumper spreads and/or elastically deforms the damping clip to absorb energy and dampen the movement of the bracket and/or the decklid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating composition in the form of a loose powder including the following by weight: 50% to 99.99% of polyamide powder, and 0.01% to 0.5% of polypropylene glycol, out of the total weight of the composition. The present invention relates in particular to a coating composition in the form of a powder including the following by weight: 50% to 99.9% of polyamide powder, 0.01% to 10% of at least one pigment and 0.01% to 0.5% of polypropylene glycol, out of the total weight of the composition. The present invention relates in particular to the use of said composition in methods for coating objects, in particular metal, by means of stuccoing.

Abstract: An apparatus and associated method for operating a portable light assembly. In accordance with some embodiments, a frame providing a bridge and defining a transport region and a deployment region is slidingly connected to a mast. An arm is further connected to the mast by a hinge while a light fixture is connected to the arm. In various embodiments, the light fixture is capable of transitioning from a deployed position where the mast engages the deployment region and a transport position where the mast and light fixture are disposed within the transport region.

Abstract: A coupling for coupling pipe segments (2,4). The coupling includes a first housing component (12), a second housing component (14), and a fastener coupling the first and second components together. The fastener (22) has an aligned configuration defining an axis of alignment such that first and second housing components are in a closed configuration to define a central axis of the coupling. The fastener has a skewed configuration to define a pivot axis of the fastener such that the first and second housing components are in an open configuration. The pivot axis is substantially parallel to the central axis and substantially perpendicular to the axis of alignment.

Abstract: A compact, collapsible, self-erecting stand and a method of making the stand are disclosed. The stand is constructed for placement upon a supporting substrate to prop a hand-held electronic device to be placed on the supporting substrate and includes an elongate strip of material having resiliently flexible characteristics biasing the strip toward a substantially flat configuration. A plurality of substantially rigid plates are affixed to the strip and located along the strip to establish a corresponding plurality of panels.

Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention comprises a pair of housings coupled to each other openably and closably by a hinge mechanism, and each of the housings comprises a front cabinet and a back cabinet joined to each other. The back cabinet of at least one of the housings is formed from a material having a greater expansion coefficient than that of a material forming the front cabinet, and the back cabinet of at least one of the housings has a cutting part extending in the width direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction thereof and longitudinally cutting at least a part of the back cabinet.

Abstract: A curved wall portion along which a wiring harness is bendably extended has a foreign-matter-escape side opening, at one wall continuing to a top opening of an upward guiding cylinder of a protector. A foreign-matter-escape side opening on the other wall of the cylinder proximate to the opening is opposed to the curved wall portion. A projection on the other wall in the guiding cylinder and below the side opening of the wall has an upwardly sloping surface continuing thereto. A projection in the guiding cylinder is above the side opening of the other wall, traversing the cylinder. The protector includes one separate protector member and the other separate protector member, the former having a projection extending toward the latter to cover a joining area thereof.

Abstract: A mobile terminal is disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a first body forming the external appearance of the mobile terminal, a second body rotatably coupled to the first body, the second body forming the external appearance of the mobile terminal, and a coupling unit for rotatably coupling the first body and the second body to each other. The coupling unit includes a hinge housing fixedly coupled to the first body, an outer head fixedly coupled to the second body, an inner head disposed between the hinge housing and the outer head so as to generate a collision sound during rotation of the inner head, a cam mounted in the hinge housing such that the cam contacts the inner head, and an elastic spring mounted in the hinge housing for providing elastic force to the cam.

Abstract: A support structure includes a base, a support member, and a connecting member. The base includes an inserting portion. The support member defines a receiving cavity to receive the inserting portion of the base. The connecting member includes a connection portion. The inserting portion of the base is movably connected to the connecting portion of the connecting member. When the inserting portion of the base and the connecting portion of the connecting member are out of the receiving cavity, the inserting portion of the base is movable to the connecting member such that the support member and the base are collapsible.

Abstract: A pivot mechanism for a joint support has a connector, a first support and a second support. The connector has multiple slots. The first support and the second support are mounted pivotally in the connector and rotate synchronously, and each has a protrusion. The protrusions are adjusted to mount in the slots of the connector and to limit an angle between the first and second support to a determined range. Then, the pivot mechanism is attached around a joint of a patient to limit joint movement within the determined range, which can be adjusted easily during rehabilitation.