On Closure Hinge Patents (Class 248/213.1)
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Patent number: 12160013Abstract: A robot includes a limit device and an energy storehouse, the limiting device may lock or loosen a battery opened in the energy storehouse, the limiting device includes a first connecting member, a transmission rod, and a second connecting member. The first connecting member includes a first main body portion and two first connecting elements arranged at intervals. The two first connecting elements are respectively connected to the first main body. The transmission rod includes a first end and a second end arranged at intervals. The first end penetrates through one of the two first connecting elements. The second end penetrates through the other one of the two first connecting element. The second connecting member includes two indexing buckles arranged at intervals, each of the indexing buckles includes a first limiting groove and a second limiting groove.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2024Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignees: Futaijing Precision Electronics (Yantai) Co., Ltd., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Chen-Ting Kao, Chi-Cheng Wen, Yu-Sheng Chang, Chih-Cheng Lee, Chiung-Hsiang Wu, Sheng-Li Yen, Yu-Cheng Zhang, Chang-Ju Hsieh, Chen Chao
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Patent number: 11789231Abstract: A mirror assembly for a work vehicle includes an elongated support beam, a detent joint connected to the elongated support beam, at least one support arm rotationally connected to the detent joint, at least one mirror connected to the at least one support arm, and an actuator for adjusting a position of the at least one mirror relative to the elongated support beam. The detent joint includes a detent bracket which is rotatable about the axis of rotation. The actuator is connected in between the elongated support beam and the detent bracket such that the at least one support arm is rotatable about the axis of rotation by the actuator.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventor: Stefaan Nolf
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Patent number: 9663037Abstract: A mirror mounting system including: a mirror having a reflective surface to provide an operator with a view of a surrounding area; a mirror frame configured to hold the mirror; at least one arm extending horizontally from a vehicle to support the mirror frame; the at least one arm being pivotally connected between the vehicle and the mirror frame; and a cross member configured to be attached to the vehicle and further configured to be attached to at least one of the following: the at least one arm and the at least one mirror frame.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2015Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventor: Sean Randleman
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Patent number: 8944394Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 25, 2012Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Maax Bath Inc.Inventor: Joseph D. Berger
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Patent number: 8485481Abstract: A lid support device and method for supporting a container lid for a container. The lid support device features a handle connected to a fan shaped lid rest. The lid rest comprises a clip. The clip extends through the container and the container lid to secure the device to the container lid and the container. The handle height is adjustable so that the handle and lid rest support the container lid when it is not covering the container. The device features a base that is the mirror image shape of the lid rest.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2010Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Inventor: Shirley M. Carter Alston
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Patent number: 8302925Abstract: A display unit has upright sections provided in the vicinity of the right and left ends of a rotating shaft, a bearing supporting member has a supporting piece section for attaching a bearing of the rotating shaft and an attaching piece section with respect to a base plate, formed at an end of the supporting piece section in the direction perpendicular thereto, and a positioning structure for positioning the bearing supporting member with respect to the display unit is provided between the supporting piece section and the upright section in the vicinity of the rotating shaft.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2008Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Takahiro Ikunami
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Publication number: 20110310541Abstract: This disclosure provides a supporting structure module and an electronic device using the same. The supporting structure module in the invention is used in the electronic device. The electronic device includes a first casing, a hinge, and a second casing rotatable relative to the first casing via the hinge. The supporting structure module includes a first supporting structure, and the first supporting structure includes a first bracket and a first hinge cover. The first bracket is fixed to and exposed from the first casing. The first hinge cover is connected with the first bracket by integral forming, and the first hinge cover is exposed from the first casing and covers a part of the hinge.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2011Publication date: December 22, 2011Inventors: Jiun-Lin Wu, Chia-Hsiang Hsiang, Ching-Hao Yu
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Publication number: 20100269303Abstract: A door hinge has a bottom bracket and a bottom bracket mounting rib extends from the bottom bracket. A piston has a piston housing and a piston extension connecting in telescopic connection to the piston housing. The piston housing is connected to the bottom bracket at a bottom bracket mounting rib ball joint. The door bracket extension extends from the door bracket. A connection between the door bracket extension and the piston connector is a door bracket extension ball joint. An intermediate connector is connected to the door bracket at an intermediate door bracket joint, wherein the intermediate door bracket joint is a swivel joint. The top bracket is connected to the intermediate connector at a top bracket axle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2009Publication date: October 28, 2010Inventor: Johnnie Yip
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Publication number: 20100264696Abstract: A power machine having a frame, an engine, a cab defining an operator compartment having an access opening, and a door capable of being attached to the cab adjacent the opening is discussed. A hinge includes first and second hinge components attached to the cab and the door, respectively. A hinge securing mechanism for securing the second hinge component to the door is attached to the door. The mechanism includes a shaft with a handle moveable between first and second positions coupled to its first end and a protrusion extending radially proximal to its second end. The shaft extends through a bore in the door so that the handle is proximal to an interior surface and the protrusion is proximal to an exterior surface of the door. The shaft extends through an aperture in the second hinge component when the second hinge component is mounted to the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2009Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: Clark Equipment CompanyInventor: Lance Tuhy
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Publication number: 20100252701Abstract: A cable manager is disclosed. The cable manager includes a backbone, a plurality of finger sections connected to the backbone to form a vertical cable channel, and a first pair of horizontal rails connected to the top end of the backbone and a second pair of horizontal rails connected to the bottom end of the backbone. The cable manager also includes a first cross brace connected to the first pair of horizontal rails and a second cross brace connected to the second pair of horizontal rails, and a door hingedly connected to the first and second cross braces. Each cross brace includes a mounting surface having a plurality of guide surfaces and an alignment aid protruding from the mounting surface and extending beyond a horizontal axis extending between the guide surfaces. The door includes a pair of latches connected to a hinge pin through a pair of windows, and a spring connected to the hinge pin and the pair of latches.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2010Publication date: October 7, 2010Applicant: PANDUIT CORP.Inventors: Mark A. Vogel, Michael J. McGrath
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Publication number: 20100163697Abstract: A display unit has upright sections provided in the vicinity of the right and left ends of a rotating shaft, a bearing supporting member has a supporting piece section for attaching a bearing of the rotating shaft and an attaching piece section with respect to a base plate, formed at an end of the supporting piece section in the direction perpendicular thereto, and a positioning structure for positioning the bearing supporting member with respect to the display unit is provided between the supporting piece section and the upright section in the vicinity of the rotating shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2008Publication date: July 1, 2010Inventor: Takahiro Ikunami
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Publication number: 20100108834Abstract: A multi-purpose hanger includes a frame having a plurality of sequential coat hanger-receiving slots. The frame has a door hinge pin connector at one of its first end and second end that includes a connector member and a vertical shaft-receiving orifice for attachment to a door hinge and door hinge pin. The frame has a closet hanger rod hook for attachment to a closet hanger rod. A multi-purpose hanger system includes the aforesaid hanger and a hinge pin with a separate top for the hanger connector and bottom for a door hinge.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2009Publication date: May 6, 2010Inventor: Peter E. Rigas
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Publication number: 20090250577Abstract: An assembly for opening and closing a cargo opening of a motor vehicle includes first and second posts located at opposite lateral sides of the cargo opening, the second post being spaced laterally from the first post, an endgate able to open and close the cargo opening, and first, second and third brackets, each bracket secured to one of the posts and the endgate, and defining a lateral axis and an upright axis. The first bracket is secured to the first post. The second bracket is secured to the second post such that the lateral axis of the second bracket is aligned with the lateral axis of the first bracket. The third bracket is secured to the first post at an elevation higher than an elevation of the first bracket such that the upright axis of the third bracket is aligned with the upright axis of the first bracket.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2008Publication date: October 8, 2009Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.Inventor: James M. Townson
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Publication number: 20090229080Abstract: An automated hinge assembly has at least two leaves and a driving member. The leaves respectively connect securely to a cover and a body of a portable electronic device and are connected pivotally together. The driving member is mounted between the leaves and has a resilient element, a stationary bracket and a sliding bracket. The resilient element provides a force to automatically pivot a moving leaf from a stationary leaf. The stationary bracket has at least one inclined surface formed circularly around a central axis. The sliding bracket is pushed by the resilient element and has at least one protrusion corresponding to and abutting the inclined surface of the stationary bracket, thereby generating a torque to drive the leaf connected to the stationary bracket to rotate relative to another leaf.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2008Publication date: September 17, 2009Inventor: Chia-Hsiang Chen
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Publication number: 20090160206Abstract: A mounting system for mounting a body to a tailgate having first and second latch assemblies that engage a pair of striker plates. The mounting system includes a first mounting bracket having a first striker plate to engage the first latch assembly and a second mounting bracket having a second striker plate to engage the second latch assembly. The first and second mounting brackets mount the body on the tailgate when the first and the second mounting brackets are attached to the body and when the first and second striker plates are engaged with the first and second latch assemblies.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2008Publication date: June 25, 2009Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Edward Andrew Pleet, William M. Frykman
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Publication number: 20080230500Abstract: A device for mounting on a door hinge, of the type having intermeshing sleeves held together by a hinge pin, for supporting clothes and other items. A hinge-mounted hanger kit for use with different sized hinges, including a hanger for attaching to a hinge using an overlength pin to replace the hinge pin and a spacer or selection of spacers for use in accommodating different sized hinges. An extender for use with a hinge-mounted hanger for displacing the pivot axis of the hanger from the hinge pivot axis and having two different sized receptacles for receiving different sized hinges. A swing-restraint clip for use with a hinge-mounted hanger for attaching to a hinge and interposing between the hanger and an adjacent surface for impeding pivoting movement of the hanger relative to the surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2008Publication date: September 25, 2008Inventor: William James Johnson
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Patent number: 7401717Abstract: An automatic lifting mechanism for motorcycle saddle mainly includes a first and a second supporting arm respectively fixed to a saddle and a body of a motorcycle, at least one spiral spring having two sideward extended terminal ends separately pressed against the two supporting arms, and a damping device located in the at least one spiral spring to rotatably engage at two ends with the two supporting arms. While a spring force of each spiral spring quickly elastically stretches open the first and the second supporting arm when the saddle is unlocked, the damping device limits a rotating speed of the two supporting arms, so that the saddle could be automatically lifted or moved downward at a buffered speed without the risk of injuring a user.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2006Date of Patent: July 22, 2008Assignee: Startech Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ke-Chien Chen
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Patent number: 7284733Abstract: A utensil cover lift and support apparatus for use with a cooking and food serving utensil fitted with a geometrically configured cover, the apparatus comprising a support fork assembly having a latch mechanism pivotally attached to a pair of elongate arms and a vertical support member situated in between the elongate arms and pivotally connected thereto and having an adjustable support block slidably connected thereto for engaging an outer lip inherently made part of the serving utensil, a lid bracket slidably mounted to the elongate arms and having at least two outwardly extending flanges integrally connected to a top plate situated therebetween, each of the flanges having a suction cup threadably mounted to an undersurface thereof for engaging the cover, and at least two suction cups mounted to the vertical support member to engage the serving utensil's sidewalls.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2004Date of Patent: October 23, 2007Inventor: Christopher Eugene Parenteau
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Patent number: 6276562Abstract: A lid support assembly for a trash bin lid rod has a plurality of rod supports engaging the lid rod and secured to the rear wall of the bin to resist bending of the lid rod. An elongate lid prop has an opening for engaging over the lid rod with a first portion of the lid prop extending away from the opening in a first direction to provide a support for the trash bin lid in a partially open position, and a second portion extending in a second direction away from the first direction to engage the rear wall of the trash bin. Rod supports are positioned on opposite sides of the lid prop to secure the lid prop in the desired position on the lid rod.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 1999Date of Patent: August 21, 2001Assignee: Hodge Products, Inc.Inventors: Allan M. Hodge, Anthony A. Hodge
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Patent number: 6257537Abstract: The present invention is directed towards a self-closing bracket for use in mounting objects on elevated structures such as power lines and to a perch guard for mounting on the bracket. The self-closing bracket has a closure member that extends into the interior of the bracket when the bracket is open to engage the object to be clamped by the bracket as the bracket is moved towards the object. The closure member thereby at least partially closes the bracket when the bracket's upper surface is engaged with the object.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 1999Date of Patent: July 10, 2001Assignee: Falcon Enterprises, LLCInventor: Jerry D. Williams