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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:
Jan. 01, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05D 7/11 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05D 7/11 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a self-driving and self-locking hinge strap for mounting between two adjacent elements (A , A ), the strap being of the type constituted by at least one resilient strip ( ) preformed to have a section that is curved and designed to be secured via its two ends to the two elements, and to occupy a folded position and a deployed position. According to the invention, each resilient strip ( ) is provided with a layer of viscoelastic material ( ) interposed between one of the faces of the resilient strip ( ) and a stress plate ( ) in such a manner as to provide a hinge that also performs a damping function.