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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1997
Joseph James Giordano, Jr, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
James R Graham, Bedminster, NJ (US);
William Vincent Jackwicz, Spring Lake Heights, NJ (US);
Pratod V Kasbekar, Manalapan, NJ (US);
Harish Shankar Mangrulkar, Colonia, NJ (US);
Romano M Zambon, Sea Bright, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A hinge assembly which has a limited number of stable positions and in which the hinge automatically moves to the closest of such stable positions is disclosed. The movement of the hinge is accomplished in one illustrative embodiment by positioning the protrusion on one of a pair of ramps inclined opposite to one another and toward the adjacent recess so that the parts of the hinge rotate relative to one another, moving the protrusion into the adjacent recess. The protrusion is pressed against the ramps and the grooves by a connecting portion that joins the arm portions and is flexed when the hinge parts are assembled so as to bias the arm portions toward one another.