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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1998
William S Steinhoff, Sunrise, FL (US);
William A Gilbert, Weston, FL (US);
Aaron M Schuelke, Sunrise, FL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A hinge pin assembly for a communication device (100) includes a partially assembled hinge base (105). The base (105) has a receiving receptacle (148), an edge (153) of the receiving receptacle, and a socket (160) having a wall (164). A hinge body member (125) has a first opposed surface (123) and a second opposed surface (124), and an aperture (126) extending from the first opposed surface to the second opposed surface, a side (128) adjoining the first and second opposed surfaces and a slot (141) cut into the side extending from the first opposed surface to the second opposed surface. A hinge ledge member (142) protrudes around the periphery of the second opposed surface and an optional hinge leg member (146) extends from the second opposed surface at the ledge member for allowing the body member to be pressed and snapped into the receiving receptacle of the partially assembled hinge base by slightly collapsing the edges of the slot through the receiving receptacle until the ledge member plugs against the edge of the receiving receptacle of the partially assembled hinge base and the leg member is received into the socket of the partially assembled hinge base while the leg member is pressed against the wall of the socket.