Having Plural Independent Adjustments Patents (Class 16/236)
  • Patent number: 11767694
    Abstract: In an assembled state of a hinge, the hinge is configured to be capable of adjusting a rotational position when holding a door or the like. The hinge includes a first member (1) and a second member (2) which are rotatable relative to each other. A first cam (11) is provided on the first member (1), a second cam (12) is provided on the second member (2) so as to be non-rotatable and movable in an axial direction thereof, and the second cam (12) is biased to the first cam (11) by biasing means (14) in the axial direction. The first cam (11) and the second cam (12) are configured to hold the second cam (12) in a predetermined rotational position relative to the first cam (11) by biasing force of the biasing means (14). In the assembled state of the hinge, it is possible to adjust the rotational position of the first cam (11) relative to the first member (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Inventor: Kenta Naganuma
  • Patent number: 11142933
    Abstract: A hinge, in particular a multi-joint hinge, has a mounting plate fixable on a body or a door and a side part, which is held on the mounting plate and on which a hinge part is pivotably mounted, wherein the side part is displaceable on the mounting plate in a longitudinal direction via a depth adjustment unit and the side part is pivotable in relation to the mounting plate by a vertical adjustment unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Hettich-ONI GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Felix Sander
  • Patent number: 11072959
    Abstract: A hinge has a side part fixable on a wall and a hinge part, which is pivotable in relation to the side part and is fixable on a door. Two levers are provided on the side part and the hinge part, which are each rotatably mounted on the side part and on the hinge part, and a linear damper having a housing and a piston rod is arranged in the side part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Hettich-ONI GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Kai Michael Stuke, Mark Schneider, Jens Poischbeg, Karsten Filges, Alexander Heinz
  • Patent number: 11041336
    Abstract: A hinge having a side part which can be fastened to a wall and a hinge part which can be pivoted relative to the side part and to which a door can be fixed, and having a linear damper arranged in the side part with a housing and a piston rod which is pretensioned by a spring in a direction away from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Hettich-ONI GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Konrad Weber, Karsten Filges, Kai Michael Stuke, Mark Schneider, Jens Poischbeg, Alexander Heinz
  • Patent number: 11004365
    Abstract: A device relating to the technical field of LED display devices, and more particularly to an intelligent LED display which may be maintained at the front and the rear, may be fast assembled, supports intelligent connection of screens of the display, is light and slim, is integrated with receiving card and power supply, and has a power backup function. The intelligent LED display includes a unit display module assembly structure, a rear frame assembly structure, and a transverse fixed beam assembly structure. The unit display module assembly structure is connected at the front of the rear frame assembly structure through a magnetic attraction so that an intelligent LED display unit is formed, and the transverse fixed beam assembly structure is connected with the intelligent LED display unit in a hanging or seating manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CREATELED ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhuo Cheng, Jiangbo Tu, Anchun Tan, Lijian Luo
  • Patent number: 10914105
    Abstract: A cabinet door assembly for a household appliance that couples a cabinet door to the household appliance. The cabinet door assembly can include a cabinet door and hinge assembly. The hinge assembly can include one or more braces that secure to the cabinet door and repositionable hinges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Jaroslav Ridilla
  • Patent number: 10330370
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a refrigerator may include a cabinet, a door which opens a front of the cabinet, a panel disposed in front of the door, and a coupling unit which couples the panel with the door. And the coupling unit may include a first adjustor provided to adjust a position of the panel in a left and right direction, a second adjustor provided to adjust a position of the panel in an up and down direction, and a third adjustor provided to adjust a position of the panel in a front and rear direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Pil Choi, Cheon Seok Ko, Sang Yong Lee, Hyun Gil Jeon
  • Patent number: 9810010
    Abstract: A hinge for a swinging gate includes a base plate, a hinge base pivotally secured to the base plate and a mounting member connected in spaced apart relation to the hinge base by an elongate bolt. A gate-engaging member is secured to the mounting member so that pivoting of the hinge base effects conjoint pivoting of the mounting member, the gate-engaging member and a gate that it engages. An upstanding post has a pair of laterally spaced apart T-shaped slots that extend along its height. A bolt disposed within a T-shaped slot is disposed horizontally and cannot rotate. The bolts housed in a T-shaped slot screw-threadedly engage apertures formed in the corners of the base plate to secure the base plate to the upstanding post. In a second embodiment, a cantilever gate supported by a trolley assembly is secured in cantilever relation to at least one upstanding post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Barrette Outdoor Living, Inc.
    Inventors: William M. Woodard, Lawrence Peck
  • Patent number: 9777520
    Abstract: A unique anti-warping anti-sagging interlocking gate comprises: multiple triple-U-shaped-clamp bracket systems having front and rear plates and bracket tube nuts, multiple anti-warping anti-sagging interlocking-tube-nut hinge systems having crisscross 90-degree hinge tube nuts, multiple struts, a truss having cable ends and a cable clamp, and a truss-cable-clamp-hiding tunnel system. The front and rear plates and bracket tube nuts are for uniquely securing the triple-U-shaped-clamp bracket systems to the struts to prevent the interlocking gate from warping and sagging. The crisscross 90-degree hinge tube nuts are for uniquely interlocking the hinge systems to a fence post in two 90-degree interlocking directions and in five different crisscross interlocking elevations. The truss-cable-clamp-hiding tunnel system is for uniquely hiding the cable ends and a cable clamp inside one of the struts and under one of the triple-U-shaped-clamp bracket systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Inventor: Dee Volin
  • Patent number: 9670707
    Abstract: A door hinge having two hinge leaves joined together at a knuckle defining a hinge axis about which the leaves are relatively pivotal and top and bottom sheet-metal parts forming a housing surrounding one of the hinge leaves. Two rotatable adjustment spindles are each journaled in the housing, rotatable about respective axes extending in a first direction perpendicular to the hinge axis, and operatively threadedly connected to the one leaf so that rotation of the spindles moves the one leaf in a first direction perpendicular to the hinge axis. A base plate between the parts is formed with respective threaded hole receiving the spindles, the base plate being secured to the one leaf for movement of the one leaf in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction relative to the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: SIMONSWERK GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Bartels, Andre Bultschnieder, Sergei Gorenbacher
  • Patent number: 9448004
    Abstract: A refrigerator is disclosed. The disclosed refrigerator includes a body having a storage chamber, a first door pivotably provided at a front side of the body, to open or close the storage chamber, the first door having an opening, and at least one door pocket provided at the opening, a second door pivotably provided at a front side of the first door, to open or close the opening, the second door pivoting in the same direction as the first door, a first upper hinge and a first lower hinge respectively coupled to upper and lower surfaces of the body, to pivotably support the first door, and a second upper hinge and a second lower hinge respectively coupled to upper and lower surfaces of the first door, to pivotably support the second door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong Woo Kim, Byoung Mok Kim, Seung Yong Yang
  • Patent number: 9394762
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to an isolation valve with debris control. In one aspect, an isolation valve for use as part of a casing string is provided. The isolation valve includes a housing having a bore and a valve cavity. The isolation valve further includes a valve member movable between a first position in which the valve member obstructs the bore of the housing and a second position in which the valve member is disposed in the valve cavity. Further, the isolation valve includes a flow tube configured to allow movement of the valve member between the first and second positions. Additionally, the isolation valve includes an engagement assembly adapted to engage the flow tube to substantially prevent debris from entering the valve cavity when the valve member is in the second position. In another aspect, a method of operating an isolation valve in a wellbore is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher L. McDowell, Joe Noske, Paul L. Smith
  • Patent number: 9341010
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a furniture hinge that is mounted between a furniture wall body and a furniture door so as to be used as an opening and closing means for the furniture door. The present invention includes: a long concave hole (50) that is formed in a main body portion (110); an elastic piece (10) that is formed in a middle plate (140) so as to perform a buffering function in the vertical direction; an oblong hole (20) that is formed in the elastic piece (10); a rotor (30) which is accommodated in the oblong hole (20) and which has a step protrusion (32) that is formed in one side portion on the outer circumference surface thereof; and an eccentric bolt (40) that rotates while being inserted into the long concave hole (50) and is coupled to the rotor (30) through a leg portion (42) for the regular/reverse rotation. The furniture hinge can be finely adjusted and the position of the door can be discerned with the naked eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG PRECISION IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Cheol Soo Pyo
  • Patent number: 9145721
    Abstract: A door hinge has two hinge leaves joined together at a knuckle defining a hinge axis about which the leaves are relatively pivotal. Top and bottom sheet-metal parts forming a housing surround one of the hinge leaves. The top part is formed with a plurality of downwardly projecting side flaps each projecting toward and bearing on an upper face of the bottom part. Each side flap is formed with at least one downward projecting tab that extends past, is bent over, and bears upward against a bottom face of the bottom part. Two rotatable adjustment spindles are each journaled in the housing and threaded in the one leaf so that rotation of the spindles moves the one leaf in a first direction perpendicular to the hinge axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: SIMONSWERK GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Bartels, Andre Bultschnieder, Sergei Gorenbacher
  • Publication number: 20150135479
    Abstract: The hinge for mounting a door or a piece of furniture provided with a front frame comprises a base plate fixable to the front frame of the piece of furniture, an intermediate plate slidably connected to the base plate and movable by an adjusting cam, a hinge arm connected to the intermediate plate swingably according to a transversal axis and mobile by means of an adjusting screw; the intermediate plate, at a rear end thereof, exhibits side wings having hinging projections which project on opposite sides according to the transversal axis so as to engage rotatably in rear side holes of the hinge arm. The base plate exhibits retaining side parts for the intermediate plate, conformed and arranged such as to retain the side edges of the intermediate plate in a perpendicular direction to the longitudinal extension plane of the base plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Arturo Salice S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luciano Salice
  • Patent number: 8967569
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a support structure. A main hinge of the structure is installed with a stop mechanism, so when an object to be supported is placed at a higher location while being in an unfolding state, the object to be supported is restrained from being rotated from a vertical state to a horizontal folding state, thereby preventing falling due to the unstable gravity center; when a connection unit is folded towards a base, an upper end of a first auxiliary connection member links the stop mechanism to rotate for gradually altering the stopping location, so the object to be supported is enabled to be horizontally folded; as such, the object to be supported can be maintained in a stable state during the folding process, thereby preventing the occurrence of falling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Jarllytec Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Tsun Hsu
  • Patent number: 8944394
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Maax Bath Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph D. Berger
  • Patent number: 8881346
    Abstract: A hinge device has a base, a body removably provided at the base, and a mounting member rotatably connected to the body. The base has a base member, a first movable member disposed at the base member such that the first movable member is movable in a first direction and non-movable in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a second movable member disposed at the first movable member such that the second movable member is movable in the second direction and non-movable in the first direction, and the body removably attached to the second movable member. A first position adjustment mechanism is provided between the base member and the first movable member. The first position adjustment mechanism adjusts position of the first movable member with respect to the base member in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Sugatsune Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Oshima, Shingo Takamatsu, Ken Shinmura
  • Patent number: 8839488
    Abstract: The invention disclosed provides a hinge capable of a vertical and overlay adjustment, comprised of a recessed hinge cup and a hinge arm connected to an attachment plate and an abutment plate which are further connected by a deformable hinge section. An overlay adjustment is provided by bending the deformable hinge section through use of an overlay adjustment screw fitted between the attachment plate and the abutment plate. The novel hinge provided is also adjustable vertically via an adjustment screw accessed by a portal in the attachment plate. The design is less complicated and therefore is lighter and less expensive than previous overlay adjustable hinges and allows delicate and semi-permanent adjustments to be made by a single installer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Hardware Resources, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Jeffrey Lowe, Udhaya Bhaskar Nallamottu
  • Patent number: 8720008
    Abstract: A hinge for use with an insulated door of a walk-in freezer, refrigerator or cooler including a hinge base adapted to be attached to the frame of said freezer, refrigerator or cooler, a hinge blade pivotally coupled to the hinge base and a wall that extends across the hinge base which has a U shaped clearance opening. Fastening screws located in clearance openings in the hinge blade and threadedly coupled to a door mounting plate adapted to be securely attached to the insulated door for slidably or securely coupling the hinge blade to the door mounting plate, and a micro adjust screw having a threaded shaft located in the U shaped clearance opening and threadedly coupled to the door mounting plate, wherein turning the micro adjust screw slides the door mounting plate horizontally along the hinge blade to provide door lift or rotation to compensate for frame or mounting misalignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Inventors: Timothy David Dodge, Matthew James Vassallo
  • Patent number: 8683652
    Abstract: The invention relates to a furniture hinge comprising a base plate, which is designed to be fastened to a furniture body, and a hinge arm that is mounted so as to be movable by an adjustment device in a controlled manner relative to the base plate within a predetermined adjustment range, wherein the adjustment device prevents the hinge arm from falling from the base plate by displacement. The furniture hinge has a fall guard for the hinge arm which prevents the hinge arm from falling relative to the base plate upon uncontrolled displacement of the hinge arm caused by failure of the adjustment device, and the hinge arm is mounted so as to be movable relative to the base plate within the predetermined adjustment range despite the fall guard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Dominik Hagspiel
  • Patent number: 8683651
    Abstract: A door hinge includes two hinge parts that are connected to each other in articulating fashion. One of the hinge parts has a base plate for attachment to a door frame or door leaf and at least one insert that is adjustable in two directions (x, y, z) relative to the base plate. An intermediate piece is situated between the insert and the base plate that is movable relative to the base plate along a first linear guide in a first direction (x). The insert is movable relative to the intermediate piece along a second linear guide in a second direction (z). A fixing means for providing a clamping locking action extends through a front section of the base plate, the intermediate piece and the insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Simonswerk, Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung
    Inventor: Nicolas Liermann
  • Patent number: 8656560
    Abstract: An arrangement of a first component and a second component includes that the first component is manufactured by die casting to include a recess in which a section of the second component is adjustably guided. A side wall of the recess is provided with a mold release bevel. The side wall includes a region adjacent to the mold release bevel having a straight surface opposite the mold release bevel. The section of the second component is guided between the region and a straight mating surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Simonswerk, Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung
    Inventor: Nicolas Liermann
  • Patent number: 8650712
    Abstract: A device for use in a door assembly that is positioned in a cabinet and defines a pivot axis. The device includes a base member adapted to be fixedly secured to the cabinet, an intermediate member slidingly engaged with the base member, and a cover connected to the intermediate member and having a hinge pin socket therein. The intermediate member includes a transversely extending adjustment screw associated therewith that defines a first axis. Rotation of the adjustment screw causes the intermediate member and cover to move in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Anthony, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Robert Wach, John Michael Roche, Sesha Madireddi, Raghujit Kunapuli
  • Publication number: 20140007378
    Abstract: An adjustable hinge for doors or windows is described. The adjustable hinge has hinge elements, a tubular cover, a plug and a wall. The hinge elements connect to a fixed frame of a door or a window and mobile frame of the door or the window. The hinge elements are pivotally connected through a pin that is engaged in a housing formed inside the hinge elements. The tubular cover covers the hinge elements which are associated with a locking means. The plug has a channel and is used to engage the housing of the hinge elements with the locking means. The adjustable hinge can also be transversally adjustable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventor: Sergio PACINI
  • Publication number: 20130333160
    Abstract: A hinge for pivotally attaching a door to a door frame is disclosed. The hinge has a first hinge plate, a first lifting element and a second lifting element. The first lifting element extends through the first hinge plate at a location proximate to a free edge, and is adapted for selective movement from a retracted position to an extended position extending above a mounting face of the first hinge plate. The second lifting element extends through the first hinge plate at a location proximate to a pivot edge of the first hinge plate, and is adapted for selective movement from a retracted position to an extended position extending above the mounting face. The first lifting element and second lifting element are disposed on opposing sides of a vertical reference axis disposed between the free edge and the pivot edge of the first hinge plate. A method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventor: William J. Ochs
  • Patent number: 8549706
    Abstract: A door hinge has a knuckle defining a pivot axis, a pair of leaves extending from the knuckle and pivotal relative to each other about the axis, a housing fixable in a door jamb or door edge, and a holder in the housing and formed by a pair of bent sheet-metal brackets. Rivets secure together the brackets to form a cavity in which one of the leaves is engaged. A pair of rotatable and externally threaded spindles extend across the cavity and are threaded to the one leaf such that rotation of the spindles adjusts a position of the one leaf in the cavity relative to the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Simonswerk GmbH
    Inventor: Andre Bultschnieder
  • Patent number: 8534005
    Abstract: An adjustable and reversible pillar includes a reversible substantially rectangular parallelepiped pillar housing resting on a base. The first and second ends have corresponding first and second mounting flanges extending therearound. The housing is hollow. The mounting flanges each extend inwardly of the walls and into the cavity. Either of the first or seconds ends is adapted for mounting on the base. At least one of the housing walls is selectively removable. At least the upper surface of the base is sized to mate with the first or second ends of the pillar housing by mounting of the corresponding first or second mounting flanges onto the upper surface of base. Vertically adjustable feet are mounted to the lower surface of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Inventors: Charles Frederick Thomas, Cameron Kent West
  • Publication number: 20130219659
    Abstract: A hinge device has a base, a body removably provided at the base, and a mounting member rotatably connected to the body. The base has a base member, a first movable member disposed at the base member such that the first movable member is movable in a first direction and non-movable in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a second movable member disposed at the first movable member such that the second movable member is movable in the second direction and non-movable in the first direction, and the body removably attached to the second movable member. A first position adjustment mechanism is provided between the base member and the first movable member. The first position adjustment mechanism adjusts position of the first movable member with respect to the base member in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: SUGATSUNE KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Oshima, Shingo Takamatsu, Ken Shinmura
  • Patent number: 8413299
    Abstract: A hinge for mounting a door-panel or window sash to a fixed jamb element has two leaves pivoted together about an axis. One of the leaves is adapted for attachment directly to an edge of one of the elements. A housing is recessed in the other of the elements and has a pair of generally parallel and vertical side walls with inner faces defining a horizontally open cavity. A bar is shiftable in the cavity horizontally perpendicular to the side walls and vertically. At least one fastener releasably securing the other of the leaves to the bar. A pair of spindles extending perpendicular to the side walls in the cavity are threaded into the bar and have opposite ends bearing on the inner faces of the side walls so that rotation of the spindles shifts the bar perpendicular to the side walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Simonswerk GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Bartels
  • Patent number: 8375517
    Abstract: A hinge comprising door/gate horizontal and vertical displacement portions. The adjustment means is comprised of a threaded post for varying the distance between hinge portions in the vertical therein raising or lowering the attached door/gate and perpendicularly extending horizontal threaded post having re-positional door/gate abutment that can be used to change the tilt of the door/gate by varying the length difference of the abutments on the spaced apart hinges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Inventor: Thore K. Johnsen
  • Patent number: 8347459
    Abstract: A hinge (1) has a carcass-side hinge portion (4) which can be pre-mounted on a furniture carcass (2) and a hinge portion (6) which can he pre-mounted on a door wing (3), the hinge portions (4, 6) being joined together in an articulated manner and at least one of the hinge portions (4, 6) having height adjustment means (10) and/or a lateral adjustment means (5). The hinge portion (6) mounted on the door has a hinge cup (8) in which the height adjustment means (10) are arranged, and at least one locking element (17) for immobilising the door wing (3) in relation to the furniture carcass (2) at the set vertical position of the door wing (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: PRÄMETA GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Rolf Heisig
  • Patent number: 8250705
    Abstract: A cup embedded type hinge device with position adjustment function comprising a position adjustment mechanism between a cup member and an arm member of a hinge body including a U-shaped position adjustment holder superposed on a recess of the cup member through a gap and a cam member provided between the position adjustment holder and the flange of the cup member to set the position of the cup member relative to the position adjustment holder and having a cam disk engaged into a circular hole in the position adjustment holder and an eccentric pin engaged into an elongated hole in the flange of the cup member whereby the position of the cup member is set by rotation of the cam disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Sugatsune Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi Oshima
  • Patent number: 8196265
    Abstract: A concealed door hinge has first and second leaf assemblies fittable into respective mortises in an edge of the door and in the door frame. The first leaf assembly has a body, mounting tabs at ends of the body and securable to the door frame or to an edge of the door, and an insert shiftable in the body in a first horizontal direction perpendicular to a face of the assembly. The body is also shiftable relative to the tabs in a second horizontal direction transverse to the horizontal direction and parallel to the face. A swivel mechanism is connected between the second leaf assembly and the insert of the assembly. Adjusters engaged between the insert, the body, and the tabs can relatively secure the insert and body in any of a plurality of positions offset relative to one another in the horizontal directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Simonswerk GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Neukoetter, Nicolas Liermann
  • Publication number: 20120117757
    Abstract: One end portion of a front-rear adjustment member 17 is disposed in a door-side mounting member 3 such that the front-rear adjustment member 17 is rotatable about a second shaft 12. An adjustment screw (not shown) having an axis thereof oriented in the left-right direction is provided in the door-side mounting member. The adjustment screw is threadedly engaged with the other end portion of the front-rear adjustment member 17. After the adjustment screw is rotated in normal and reverse directions, thereby rotating the front-rear adjustment member 17 as appropriate, a connecting arm 13 is rotated about a first shaft 11 so as to cancel out the rotation of the front-rear adjustment member 17.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: SUGATSUNE KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi Oshima
  • Patent number: 7917993
    Abstract: A dual display type portable computer can include a first unit having a first display module and a second unit rotatably coupled to the first unit having a second display module. At least one hinge unit can couple the first unit and the second unit with each other. The hinge unit can be coupled to corresponding positions of the first unit and the second unit to enable the first display module and the second display module to overlap each other or to be unfolded until they are placed in an equal plane. Preferably, at least one of the first display module and the second display module has a touch screen function. Preferably, the touch screen function can selectively change a language of a keyboard image. The first display module and the second display module can display different images or divided portions of one integrated image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Jun-Hyung Park
  • Publication number: 20100319162
    Abstract: A hinge device is provided with a first cam rotating together with a first member, and a second cam rotating together with a second member. The first and second cams are provided with a cam portion and a cam engaging portion engaging with each other when the first and second members rotate to a predetermined position. A continuous groove is formed in a surface of the second cam opposite to a surface in which the cam engaging portion is formed. A ball holder rotates together with the first cam, and includes holding grooves. Balls are provided between the second cam and the ball holder, and move along the continuous groove and the holding grooves. When the cam portion and the cam engaging portion change from a partially engaged state into an engaged state, ball or transmission movable bodies pass curved portions of the continuous groove and suppress rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Naoki Kubota, Yoshitaka Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20100299873
    Abstract: A portable device includes a first body element, a second body element, and a hinge assembly to allow the second body element to slide and rotate, and to vary the vertical arrangement between the first body element and the second body element while remaining parallel to each other. The hinge assembly has a first end rotatably coupled to the first body element and a second end rotatably and slidably coupled to the second body element to allow the first body element and the second body element to slide and vary the vertical arrangement therebetween while staying parallel to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: PANTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chang-Jin SONG
  • Publication number: 20100281652
    Abstract: A cup embedded type hinge device with position adjustment function comprising a position adjustment mechanism between a cup member and an arm member of a hinge body including a U-shaped position adjustment holder superposed on a recess of the cup member through a gap and a cam member provided between the position adjustment holder and the flange of the cup member to set the position of the cup member relative to the position adjustment holder and having a cam disk engaged into a circular hole in the position adjustment holder and an eccentric pin engaged into an elongated hole in the flange of the cup member whereby the position of the cup member is set by rotation of the cam disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: SUGATSUNE KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi Oshima
  • Patent number: 7748081
    Abstract: The invention has as its object an adjustable hinge, comprising at least one pivotable hinge plate provided with at least one through-opening, and comprising at least one alignment washer provided with at least one through-opening, which through-openings are provided for penetration by assembly means for mounting the hinge, wherein the alignment washer and hinge plate are adjustable relative to each other in the plane of the hinge plate, and wherein the alignment washer and/or hinge plate is provided with at least one protruding sharp-edged annular collar and/or a multitude of pointed raised areas having a higher degree of hardness than the mating surfaces contacting it of the other component cooperating with it, namely the alignment washer or the hinge plate. The advantage is that the alignment washer can be adjusted as desired, i.e., also rotated, relative to the hinge plate, and fixed in form-fitting engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Otto Ganter GmbH & Co. KG - Normteilefabrik
    Inventor: Bernhard Ganter
  • Patent number: 7698782
    Abstract: An example furniture hinge includes a carrier arm, a door fitting having a recessed cup that is rotatably disposed on one end of the carrier arm, and an end plate adjustably connected to another end of the carrier arm. A mounting plate that attaches to a furniture body includes a wall portion. An eccentric element laterally adjustably attaches the end plate to the wall portion. The end plate includes an anchoring element for engaging behind the wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Liberty Hardware Mfg. Corp.
    Inventor: Horst Lautenschlager
  • Patent number: 7676887
    Abstract: A door hinge adapted to provide vertical and depth adjustments of an engaged door with a door frame. The hinge features a first hinge member adapted for fixed recessed engagement to a side edge of a door jam which is rotationally engaged with a support member extending from a second hinge member adapted for engagement to the door. Adjustment of height and depth of the door inside the door jam is easily achieved by rotation of adjustment screws accessible from a single surface that is visible when the second hinge member is engaged to the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Inventor: Stanley Chung
  • Patent number: 7650670
    Abstract: A hinge including leaves configured to facilitate adjusting the mounting position between hinged objects. In one embodiment, the hinge may generally include first and second leaves pivotally connected together. The leaves define mounting holes that receive fasteners to mount the leaves to the hinged objects. The mounting holes are preferably configured to provide adjustment of the leaves and hinged objects in at least two directions, which may be horizontal and vertical. In one embodiment, the hole shapes preferably may include horizontal slots, vertical slots, round holes, and combinations thereof. Other shapes may be used. When a fastener is partially inserted into a hinged object through a slotted-type mounting hole, for example, the hinged object is slideable relative to the leaf and the other hinged object. By employing a preferred sequence of installation steps, the installer may readily optimize the alignment between and mounting of the hinged objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Inventors: Austin R. Baer, Kerry B. Sprick
  • Publication number: 20090294747
    Abstract: An example gate assembly is supported on a fixed structure by upper and lower mounting brackets. The upper and lower brackets provide adjustment of the gate assembly without need for removing any mount and reduce the need for shimming or other disassembly of the gate to provide alignment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventor: Edward J. Stull
  • Patent number: 7617567
    Abstract: The invention concerns a hinge of the type including of a pair of members of a hinge (1), each having a pair of screw-anchoring holes (5). The holes are obtained within housing seats (2) prearranged for the introduction of adjusters (3, 9). Each adjuster includes a body (6) and a flange (7). The edge of the flange rests on the surface of each member of the hinge (1) in various mutual positions of the adjuster in its respective seat. According to the invention, said housing seats (2) have a centered-symmetry base layout, and guiding means (6, 11, 11a) are provided for guiding said adjuster body (6) into its respective housing seat (2) so as to allow the free movement of the adjuster (3, 9) in a single direction, among multiple possible directions, depending on the orientation of each adjuster (2) in its respective seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Elesa S.p.A.
    Inventor: Gian Carlo Franchini
  • Publication number: 20090241288
    Abstract: A snap hinge for supporting a closure element comprising a first articulated quadrilateral and a second articulated quadrilateral, sharing a first and a second lever having as a base element respectively a plate for coupling to a fixed element and a plate for fixing to a closure element, elastic elements acting between a point of the first lever and a point of the second lever and auxiliary elastic elements are arranged in series to the elastic elements and have opposite ends that are articulated to the first lever to a first pivot supported by a supporting element jointly associated with the fixing plate. The supporting element comprises at least one strip and one pair of first flaps formed so as to protrude from two opposite edges of the strip and provided with holes for the opposite ends of the first pivot. The strip is substantially inclined with respect to the plane of arrangement of the coupling plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventor: Daniele Zetti
  • Patent number: 7594300
    Abstract: An adjustable hinge fixture that includes a base plate for adjustable fixation to an article of furniture, a connecting plate assembly including a generally U-shaped cross-section formed by a top portion and a pair of spaced apart side walls, and an adjustment screw operable to move the connecting plate assembly relative to the base plate about a curved region of the connecting plate assembly. The connecting plate assembly has a projection through a curved region to a lower portion of the projection positioned between the side walls and generally parallel to the top portion. The curved region is elastically deflectable to permit the lower and top portions to move relative to each other. The lower portion is adjustably connected to the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Hardware Resources, Inc.
    Inventor: Udhaya Bhaskar Nallamottu
  • Patent number: 7552511
    Abstract: An adjustable hinge (10) has a frame leaf (11) with a door leaf (14) rotatably mounted thereto. An adjustable mounting assembly (21) has a snap-in connection to the door leaf (14). A slideable carriage (24) is utilized. Vertical adjustment is provided by a bevel gear assembly (25). Horizontal adjustment is provided through a screw (17) which pivots the door leaf (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Creative Research & Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank W Campbell, Bror Fries
  • Patent number: 7550658
    Abstract: A front fallboard, a rear fallboard and a hinge connected between them form in combination a fallboard assembly connected between side arms of a piano cabinet by means of a pair of rotary connectors, and each of the rotary connectors includes a front metal plate connected to the side surface of the front fallboard, a rear metal plate connected to the bottom surface of the side art defining a recess and a rotary damper; since the recess is wider than the rear metal plate already combined with the rotary damper, the rear metal plate is movable on a virtual plane defined by a fore-and-aft direction and an up-and-down direction; while a worker is seeking the optimum positions of the rotary connectors, self-tapping screws keep the rear metal plates in the recesses so that the worker drives woodscrews into the side arms through main holes or auxiliary holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Takamitsu Suzuki, Akira Nakamura, Akio Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20090139055
    Abstract: A lifting device is provided for a two-leaf folding flap whose upper leaf is hinged to a top wall or partition wall of a carcass around a horizontal first axis and whose lower leaf is pivotally connected to the upper leaf around a second axis parallel to the first axis. The lifting device has at least one two-armed lever which is pivotally mounted to a side carcass part around a horizontal pivot axis and whose longer arm is hingedly connected to the lower leaf, and at least one hinge arm which hingedly connects the leaves and is respectively fastened in hinge cups arranged in the leaves. The hinge arm is adjustable with respect to a hinge cup via a first eccentric device in one direction and via a second eccentric device in another direction perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventor: Luciano Salice