Abstract: To attach a first part of a computing device to a second part of a computing device a clutch 105 can be used. The clutch can include a first side 113 and a second side 114. The clutch can attach to a first part of the computing device. A shaft 110 can extend from the clutch on the first side. A mounting bracket 120 can attach the shaft to the second part of the computing device.

Abstract: A hood hinge assembly is provided for operatively attaching a hood to a vehicle. The assembly includes a base link configured to be coupled to the vehicle; a deploy link coupled to the base link; and a hood link coupled to the deploy link and configured to be coupled to the hood. In a first transition from a first position into a second position, the base link and the deploy link pivot with one another relative to the base link, and, in a second transition from the first position into a third position, the hood link pivots relative to the deploy link.

Abstract: A portable communication device includes a base assembly, a flip assembly and an intermediate assembly operatively coupled to the base assembly and the flip assembly by a dual sliding flip hinge assembly. The dual sliding flip hinge assembly is configured to facilitate sliding motion of the intermediate assembly along a first direction and along a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. The dual sliding flip hinge assembly further facilitates rotation of the intermediate assembly upon sliding along the second direction. The base assembly, flip assembly and intermediate assembly may be configured to include respective displays and/or touch-input devices to provide a portable communication device with increased display area and/or control area with a smaller footprint often associated with conventional clamshell or slider portable communication devices.

Abstract: A built-in domestic appliance which comprises hinges for hinging a door to the furniture body of the built-in domestic appliance. The door is used to close an opening of the first furniture body. The hinges are adapted to perform a defined opening and closing movement of the door, a gap forming during this movement between the edge of the door and especially the front of a second furniture body adjoining the furniture body. In order to obviate the risk of injury caused for example by limbs being caught in the gap and any claims for damages resulting therefrom, a plate element in the area of the door and in a transitional area between the furniture body of the built-in domestic appliance and the second furniture body is mounted in such a manner that it covers the gap if possible across its entire length.

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 hinge is provided. In at least one embodiment, the hinge includes: a first hinge leaf; a second hinge leaf interleaved with the first hinge leaf; a housing defined within a posterior side of at least one of the first hinge leaf and the second hinge leaf and configured to receive a conduit adapted to receive and pass through a medium of power transfer from the first hinge leaf to the second hinge leaf on an anterior side of the first hinge leaf and second hinge leaf; and an aperture defined on the anterior side of at least one of the first hinge leaf and the second hinge leaf through which to access the housing. In various embodiments the hinge can include multiple housings, fittings, turrets, and ball-and-socket fittings. In various embodiments, conduits are flexible, rigid, both flexible and rigid, elastic, braided, and telescoping.

Abstract: A hinge assembly includes an axle portion having first and second ends, a first hinged portion, a second hinged portion, and at least one conductive member. The first hinged portion is inserted into one end of the axle portion. The other end of the axle portion is received the second hinged portion. The conductive member is positioned between the axle portion and one of the first hinged portion and the second hinged portion.

Abstract: A protective device which closes and seals the gap which forms between a pivotally mounted door and its jamb. The protective device generally spans the door and jamb, and occupies and generally does not extend outside the gap. The protective device may include an elastic or resilient or expansive material or member, and a fastener securing the protective device in place relative to the door and the jamb.

Abstract: Dishwasher including a housing (1) having an opening in a front and a hinge shaft (43) for holding dishes to be washed therein, a door (2) rotatably mounted with the hinge shaft (43) for selective opening/closing of the opening in the housing (1), and a falling off preventive unit for preventing the door (2) from falling off the hinge shaft (43) in a case the door (2) rotates, thereby preventing the door (2) from falling off effectively in a case the door (2) is opened/closed.

Abstract: A system comprises a cable, a hinge, and a cable guide. The hinge comprises a longitudinal axis of the hinge. A cable guide is adapted to route the cable through the hinge offset from the longitudinal axis of the hinge.

Abstract: A hinge for mounting a rotating member to a main body, includes a shaft, a first interfering member fitting about the shaft and fixed to the rotating member, a container fitting about the shaft and fixed to the main body, and a second interfering member retained around the shaft and non-rotatably received in the container.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a display, a main body, a rotating member, and a hinge. The display is slidably mounted to the rotating member. The hinge is mounted between the rotating member and the main body to pivotably mount the rotating member to the main body. The hinge includes a shaft, a first interfering member and a second interfering member retained around the shaft. The first interfering member is fixed on the rotating member, and the second interfering member is fixed on the main body. The first interfering member includes a first side facing the second interfering member. The first side forms a positioning tab. The second interfering member includes a second side facing the first interfering member. The second side defines a recess, configured to allow the positioning tab to be positioned therein.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a display, a rotating member, a main body, a hinge, and a positioning member. The main body defining a holding groove in a top thereof. The rotating member defines a holding hole. The display is slidably mounted to the rotating member. The hinge includes a first fixed member and a second fixed member rotatable relative to the first fixed member, wherein the second fixed member is held in the holding hole, and the first fixed member is held in the holding groove. The positioning member mounted to the main body, wherein the positioning member comprises a positioning block inserted into the holding groove to secure the first fixed member of the hinge in the holding groove.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a main body, a pivoting member pivotably mounted to the main body, a display, a sliding piece fixed to the inner surface of the display and capable of sliding relative to the pivoting member, and a resilient member positioned at one side of the sliding piece opposite to the pivoting member for driving the sliding piece to slide relative to the pivoting member.

Abstract: A hinge for a tonneau cover and a mounting assembly includes a right hinge, a left hinge, four connectors, a first clamping device, and a second clamping device. The first clamping device is attached to the right edge of the truck bed, while the second clamping device is attached to the left edge of the truck bed. The right hinge includes an upper plate, a front plate, a downward plate, and a lateral plate. The left hinge includes an upper plate, a front plate, a downward plate, and a lateral plate. The hinge for the tonneau cover and the mounting assembly can be mounted without drilling the truck bed and is compatible with various models of pickup trucks and can be mounted in the pickup trucks with or without the bed liner.

Abstract: An angle positioning device of a rotation shaft comprises a first pivot portion and a second pivot portion. The first pivot portion comprises a first face comprising a positioning portion, a first path and a second path being divided by the positioning portion; and a second face comprising a returning portion, a third path and a fourth path being divided by the returning portion. The second pivot portion can move along the first path, the second path, the third path, and the fourth path. When the second pivot portion moves from the first path to the second path, the pivot angle is increased. When the second pivot portion moves from the third path to the fourth path, the pivot angle is decreased, whereby when the pivot portion moves from the first path to the positioning portion, the pivot angle cannot be decreased. The second pivot portion can move from the third path through the returning portion and back to the first path.

Abstract: A hinge structure for accommodating a cable includes a main body. An accommodating space is formed inside the main body. A hole connecting to the accommodating space is formed on the main body. The cable passes through the hole so as to be accommodated inside the accommodating space partly. The hinge structure further includes a fixing component disposed on a side of the main body and connected to a first component, and a pivoting component connected with the main body and a second component in a rotatable manner, so that the second component can rotate relative to the first component. The hinge structure further includes a covering component for covering the hole on the main body so as to hold the cable inside the accommodating space.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hinge joint mechanism. The hinge joint mechanism comprises a fixed component including a plurality of curved portions and at least one straight portion; a movable component including a plurality of curved portions and a plurality of straight portions; said hinge joint mechanism provides a relative rotation between the two surfaces of the hinge joints to rotate the movable component by a desired amount relative to the fixed component. The hinge joint mechanism of the invention provides a proper sealing in the joints to avoid liquid or any such kind of material to move across it.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a main body, a lid body, a hinge, a notch, and a cable. The main body includes a connecting side where the lid body is pivotally mounted to the main body. The hinge is disposed on the connecting side for mounting the lid body to the main body, and includes a fixing frame mounted to one of the main body and the lid body and a pivot member mounted to the other of the main body and the lid body. The notch is defined on one side of the pivot member. The cable extends along the notch and transmits electrical signals between the main body and the lid body.

Abstract: The invention relates to a door hinge, in particular an edge hinge, which has door-mounted support and a support mounted on a door frame, both of which are designed such that they can be swiveled relative to each other around a common rotational axis. To suggest a new type of door hinge, in particular an edge hinge which allows a simplified assembly or disassembly and which also makes possible a simplified handling, the invention suggests a door hinge, in particular an edge hinge, with a door support (3) to be arranged on a door and a frame support (2) to be arranged on a door frame, both of which are designed t be arranged around a common rotational axis (4) such that they can be swiveled relative to each other, wherein the door support (3) and the frame support (4) are designed to be of equal construction and equally usable for left and right doors.

Abstract: An articulated hinge allowing non-circular motion of a refrigerator door and having a means for transmitting utilities through the hinge is disclosed. A support rod for preventing torsional deformation of a refrigerator door adapted to carry utilities to an in-door dispenser is also disclosed.

Abstract: A data transfer hinge is disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention provide a door hinge that facilitates transmission of data from LAN wiring in a building through a door frame to a door mounted device. Power and ground connections can also pass through the hinge. Channels run in each leaf from an edge coincident with the knuckles of the leaf to a passageway in the face of the leaf. Twisted pairs of data wires having a specified number of twists per unit length run through the passageway and the channels in the leaves. Each wire of a twisted pair is of a gauge and has insulation of a specified thickness and permittivity so as to cooperate with the channel to maintain an even distribution of capacitance and appropriate impedance for connection within a local area network.

Abstract: A locator device for locating the centerline of a plurality of piano hinge segments without the use of hard tooling includes a target support element, a pair of targets supported on opposite ends of the target support element, and a locator element for locating the target support element relative to hinge pin holes so that the targets are equally spaced from the hinge pin holes. The targets may be reflective-type targets used in laser targeting systems, photogrammetry targets used in digital photogrammetry locating systems, or other known targets.

Abstract: A bendable apparatus, which is able to change its state between a straightened state and a bent state using an external force, is disclosed. This bendable apparatus includes a top bracket and a bottom bracket which is rotatably axle-joined with the top bracket. Also, the bendable apparatus includes a swing link, which is rotatably axle-joined to the top bracket, concurrently engages with a portion of the bottom bracket, and makes the bottom bracket rotate itself about the top bracket by an external force applied to a swing link protrusion and by a predetermined angle about an axle with which the bottom bracket is joined with the top bracket. When the external force is applied to an opposite direction, the bendable apparatus goes back to the straightened state. If this bendable apparatus is applied to a mobile phone of a sliding opening type, a portion with a microphone can be bent by a predetermined angle when the mobile phone is opened.

Abstract: A strap holding structure (200) for an electronic device (100), which includes a body (20), a cover (10). The body has a knuckle (22) formed at one end thereof. The knuckle has a middle board (226) formed therein. The cover has a barrel (12) formed at one end. The strap holding structure includes a latching element (30) and a strap holder (40). The latching element is attached to the cover at one end. The strap holder has a pole (424) at a first end of the strap holder. A groove (444) is circumferentially defined in an outer wall of the strap holder and two notches (442) are axially defined in the outer wall thereof. The strap holder is engaged in the knuckle and the barrel. The latching element is received in the groove and the middle board is received in the notches.

Abstract: A hinge for a hood of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The hinge is configured to bend towards a frame of the motor vehicle during a collision. The hinge includes upwards turned flanges to help prevent upwards buckling.

Abstract: A sub-assembly of a lift-glass hinge is disclosed. The sub-assembly includes a conductive connection member including a central portion, a first terminal end and a second terminal end; a first conductive lead; and a second conductive lead, wherein each of the first and second conductive leads include a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the first conductive lead is connected proximate one of the first and second terminal ends of the conductive connection member, wherein the first end of the second conductive lead is connected proximate the central portion of the conductive connection member. A lift-glass hinge is also disclosed. A vehicle system is also disclosed.

Abstract: A portable communication device includes a base assembly, a flip assembly and an intermediate assembly operatively coupled to the base assembly and the flip assembly by a dual sliding flip hinge assembly. The dual sliding flip hinge assembly is configured to facilitate sliding motion of the intermediate assembly along a first direction and along a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. The dual sliding flip hinge assembly further facilitates rotation of the intermediate assembly upon sliding along the second direction. The base assembly, flip assembly and intermediate assembly may be configured to include respective displays and/or touch-input devices to provide a portable communication device with increased display area and/or control area with a smaller footprint often associated with conventional clamshell or slider portable communication devices.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a cam contact portion and a body portion, the cam contact portion configured to be in mechanical communication with the body portion, the cam contact portion configured to allow for camming contact with a complementary cam contact portion, the cam contact portion comprising a contact material for providing wear resistance and the body portion comprising a dampening material for providing dampening and mechanical engagement of the apparatus with a fold hinge assembly for an electronic device.

Abstract: A hinge assembly includes a shaft (21), a cam member, a resilient member (23) and a cam. The cam member has a cam portion (212), and the cam member is fixed to the shaft. The resilient member is mounted on one end of the shaft. The cam has a cam surface (222), and the cam surface defines a plurality of grooves (225) for storing lubricate oils, and the cam is slidable and rotatable relative to the shaft. The cam surface is engaged with the cam portion by the resilient member.

Abstract: Ladders, ladder components and related methods are provided. In some embodiments, adjustable stepladders are provided which include locking mechanisms that enable height adjustment of the ladder through application of a force towards the rails of the ladder. In other embodiments, spreader mechanisms are provided with cross bracing located and configured to provide additional stability to the ladder while also incorporating a handle that enables efficient collapsing of the ladder while reducing the potential of pinching ones hands or fingers. In another embodiment, a device is provided for selective coupling with the ladder that includes a support or safety rail and an adjustable tray. The device may be coupled with the ladder in a number of different positions including a stowed position. In another embodiment, a hinge assembly is provided having a magnetic component configured to be magnetically coupled with and temporarily store an object on the ladder.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hinge for an airbag cover, having a planar textile element as a hinge between the cover of the airbag and an adjacent airbag cover region, for example in the interior of a motor vehicle, and to a region of the planar textile element which faces a carrier of the airbag cover and is embedded in a matrix which is connected to the cover, and a region of the planar textile element which is not embedded in the matrix.

Abstract: The invention is a truck tool box that is attached to the bed of a pickup truck. The tool box is attached using brackets, a hinge system, and a latch system that allows a user to unlatch the tool box and swing it to the user.

Abstract: Rotation fitting secured to a frame (6) of the fuselage of an aircraft and linked to a receiving element secured to the empennage (5) which comprises a central fitting (1) and two side fittings (2,3), the central fitting (1) presenting two lugs (1d,1k) with an opening (1e,1j) each and four side wings (1g,1f,1i,1h), and each one of the side fittings (2,3) presenting a lug (2d,3d) with an opening (2e,3e) each and two side wings (2g,2f,3g,3f), the central fitting (1) being secured to a surface of the frame (6) and the side fittings (2,3) in an opposite surface of the frame (6), such that the frame (6) is arranged between the central fitting (1) and the two side fittings (2,3), such that the lugs (1d,1k) of the central fitting (1) make contact with the lugs (2d,3d) of the side fittings, with all the openings (1e,1j,2e,3e) being aligned in order to house a pin (4) associated with the receiving element secured to the empennage (5).

Abstract: The present invention relates to vehicle glazing, in particular to sliding windows for land vehicles such as buses, trams and trains, in particular slow speed trains.

Abstract: A string instrument comprising a neck extension primary member, having a neck extension securement end and a tuning assembly support head end, an extension top arid a length extending between the ends, is disclosed. The neck extension primary member defines a neck extension cutaway volume configured to receive a hinge butt. The neck extension cutaway volume extends to be open at the neck extension securement end and open at the top of the neck extension primary member. A neck base primary member has a neck base securement end, a base top and an opposite end. The neck base primary member is made to define a neck base cutaway volume configured to receive a hinge butt. The neck base cutaway volume extends to be open at the neck base securement end and open at the top of the neck base primary member. A hinge has a first hinge butt positioned in the neck extension cutaway volume and a second hinge butt positioned in the neck base cutaway volume.

Abstract: A side door of a vehicle includes an outer panel, an inner panel, a reinforcing member, a front attaching part, a rear attaching part, and an acceleration sensor. The reinforcing member is located between the outer panel and the inner panel. The front attaching part and a rear attaching part are coupled with the reinforcing member. The front attaching part is fixed to a front attached portion provided at one of a front end portion of the outer panel and a front end portion of the inner panel. The rear attaching part is fixed to a rear attached portion provided at one of a rear end portion of the outer panel and a rear end portion of the inner panel. The acceleration sensor is disposed at one of the end portions.

Abstract: A hinge for a front bonnet of a motor vehicle; the hinge is provided with a mobile bracket, which is rigidly connected to the front bonnet, and a fixed bracket, which presents an elongated shape, is hinged to the mobile bracket at a rotation axis of the hinge, and is rigidly connected to a frame of the motor vehicle by means of two fastening screws arranged through two through holes; the rotation axis is arranged at a first end of the fixed bracket, a first through hole presents an elongated shape and is arranged at a second end of the fixed bracket, and a second through hole presents a circular shape and is arranged in an intermediate position between the two ends of the fixed bracket; the first hole is engaged by a first fastening screw which is tightened to the frame with calibrated and limited tightening torque so as to allow a rotation of the fixed bracket about a second fastening screw in case of a collision against the front bonnet at the hinge.

Abstract: Various embodiments of this invention disclose a vehicle door hinge that combines: aerodynamic features; a pleasing aesthetic shape; a hinge axis between the door and the A-pillar of the vehicle; an inexpensive price; off-the-shelf availability; and an ability to open a door simultaneously outward and upward.

Abstract: A hinge with an elevating function is mounted between a top panel and a bottom panel of an expansion pad and has a lower pivot bracket assembly, a pivoting arm assembly, an upper pivot bracket assembly and a top pivoting assembly. The lower pivot bracket assembly is mounted securely on the bottom panel. The pivoting arm assembly has an upper end and a lower end. The lower end of the pivoting arm assembly is mounted pivotally on the lower pivot bracket assembly. The upper pivot bracket assembly is mounted pivotally on the upper end of the pivoting arm assembly. The top pivoting assembly is attached securely to the top panel and is mounted pivotally on the upper pivot bracket assembly to allow the top panel to be moved up and down and to be pivoted relative to the bottom panel. Consequently, the operating height and angle are adjustable.

Abstract: A friction hinge includes a rotary unit, an expansion barrel, and an electrical heating component. The rotary unit includes a barrel contacting component. The expansion barrel has a thermal expansion coefficient larger than that of the barrel contacting component, and is shrink fitted on the barrel contacting component such that a friction force is present between the barrel contacting component and the expansion barrel. The electrical heating component is for applying heat to the expansion barrel that is sufficient to cause thermal expansion of the expansion barrel.

Abstract: A device is proposed for moving a first furniture part relative to a second furniture part, using a drive unit, by means of which the first furniture part, can be moved in a driven manner relative to the second furniture part via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of the first furniture part. According to the invention, the monitoring unit is designed to render the automatic closing inoperative for positioning the first furniture part, in an open position, from which the first furniture part, returns automatically to a closed position after a predetermined closing time interval.

Abstract: A game assembly for housing a foldable game board which is quickly and conveniently secured to an open configuration for game play through the use of a spring loaded flexible hinge. The game assembly includes a first base portion, a second base portion capable of cooperating with the first base portion between an open and a closed configuration, and at least one hinge assembly mounted at a first end to the first base portion and at a second end to the second base portion. The hinge assembly includes a flexible strap and biasing element capable of tensioning the flexible strap to maintain the first and second base portions with respect to each other in an open configuration.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a first opening and closing member that rotates about a first hinged end, a second opening and closing member provided so as to oppose the first opening and closing member, the second opening and closing member rotating about a second hinged end in association with opening of the first opening and closing member, and an operating portion provided on the first opening and closing member, arranged at a position to avoid interference of an end portion of the second opening and closing member when opening the first opening and closing member and the second opening and closing member, and which rotate the first opening and closing member.

Abstract: An assembly error prevention member includes a first plate portion that is attached to a first tab and a third plate portion that is inserted into a slit. The third plate portion has a blocking portion that inhibits a bolt from being tightened into a bolt hole and a driven portion that moves the blocking portion. The second plate portion has a first end portion connected to the first plate portion and a second end portion connected to the third plate portion. The second end portion is wider than the first end portion.

Abstract: A multi-stage hinge assembly includes a first coupling member adapted to fix with a portable computer and receivable with a second coupling member, a plurality of support members, a first positioning member, a plurality of resilient frictional devices, a second positioning member, a first position limiting member, a second position limiting member and a retainer. The first positioning member and the second positioning member are adapted to provide differential frictional forces. The first position limiting member and the second position limiting member include a plurality of the V-shaped lubricant holes adapted to maintain lubricant therebetween regardless whether the second coupling member is rotated clockwise/anticlockwise with the first coupling member.

Abstract: A panel (10) for a modular bulk container is described. The panel (10) has a frame (16) and a door (18) pivotally attached to the frame (16) by a hinge (20). The hinge (20) is extendable from a portion of the frame (16).

Abstract: An electronic apparatus that includes a display panel having opposite sides with a display screen provided on one side, a main body enclosure having opposite sides with a key-based input device provided on one side and a keyless user interface provided on an opposite side, and a hinge assembly which couples the display panel and main body member together. The hinge assembly is configured to allow the main body enclosure and the display panel to pivot together about an angle of up to substantially 360° about a common or parallel pivot axes and which hinge assembly further allows the main body enclosure to twist or rotate with respect to the display panel about an axis that intersects or bisects the common or parallel pivot axes about which the main body enclosure and the display panel to pivot.

Abstract: A hinge for a notebook extension pad is mounted in an expansion pad of a notebook and has a pivoting assembly, a positioning disk, a limiting stationary leaf, a limiting disk, a pressing assembly and a locking assembly. The expansion pad has a mounting segment and a pad having an external lock. The pivoting assembly is mounted securely on the pad and has a shaft. The positioning disk is mounted around the shaft. The limiting stationary leaf is adjacent to the positioning disk, is mounted rotatably around the shaft and connects with the mounting segment. The limiting disk limits movement of the pad relative to the mounting segment. The pressing assembly provides friction against movement of the hinge. The locking assembly is mounted around the shaft and allows a user to lock the pad at a designed angle to achieve a comfortable height and angle for operating the notebook.

Abstract: An assembly for opening and closing a passageway into a motor vehicle includes a post secured to the body at a lateral side of the passageway, an endgate for opening and closing the passageway, a hinge-striker that includes a first plate secured to the post and including mutually spaced first lugs, with each first lug being formed with a hole; a second plate including mutually spaced second lugs, with each second lug being formed with a hole, the holes of the first plate being aligned with the holes of the second plate; a hinge pin located in the holes and aligned with an upright axis; and a striker, secured to and extending from one of said plates, and a latch secured to the post for releasably engaging the hinge-striker, where the engagement secures the endgate in a position that closes the passageway and prevents pivoting about a lateral axis.