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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2024
Mansfield Engineered Components, Llc, Mansfield, OH (US);
James J. Collene, Bucyrus, OH (US);
Brian S. White, Galion, OH (US);
Mansfield Engineered Components, LLC, Mansfield, OH (US);
Abstract
A slow open hinge assembly for an associated appliance door includes an arm and a channel including a first end that is pivotally connected to the arm at a first location for pivoting about a first pivot axis. A slide link includes an inner end that is pivotally connected to the arm at a second location for pivoting about a second pivot axis that is offset from the first pivot axis. A fluid damped spring rod assembly includes a cylinder body supported on the channel and includes a spring-biased piston rod assembly engaged with the slide link. A control spring assembly can be connected to the channel and includes a reciprocally movable spring rod assembly including a follower, wherein the follower is engaged with a cam profile defined by a contoured edge of the arm for some but not all angular positions of the channel relative to the arm.