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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2021
Applicant:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Fusanobu Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Nagashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); E05F 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); E05F 1/1207 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/606 (2013.01); G06F 1/1616 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hinge device includes a shaft that is rotatable around the axis, and a torque imparting portion configured to impart a rotational torque to rotation of the shaft. The torque imparting portion includes: a ring having a shaft insertion hole through which the shaft is inserted with rattling, the ring covering a part of an outer circumferential face of the shaft in the axis direction; an elastic member that biases the ring in the axis direction from a position displaced from the axis of the shaft; and an adjuster configured to adjust a force that the elastic member biases the ring.