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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Young-Bae Ji, Seoul, KR;
Young-Seok Yoon, Ahnyang, KR;
Assignee:
SamSung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379433 ; 379434 ;
Abstract
A hinge apparatus for a foldable telephone includes a body portion for mounting electronically operable parts and a flip member for covering the body portion. The flip member is assembled with the body portion by means of a pair of hinge shafts that pivot within a predetermined range of angles. A pair of resilient members are provided for influencing rotation of the hinge shafts. Each of the hinge shafts includes a resilient member contact portion that is engaged by a respective resilient member for enabling the flip member to snappingly pivot on the hinge shafts.