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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:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2001
Yutaka Yoshigashima, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Ono, Mishima, JP;
Mizuki Seimitu Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
This invention relates to a hinge providing a pivotal connection, with a braking force against pivoting between a cylindrical holding body and a shaft body. The hinge includes a cylindrical holding body having a circular section hollow portion and provided with a mounting part, a shaft body having, at its tip, a cylindrical portion in which at least one axially extending slot is formed and a mounting part on the base end side of the cylindrical part, and a spring press-fitted into a portion of the cylindrical part where the slot is formed. The portion of the cylindrical part where the slot is formed, in turn, is press-fitted into the hollow of the cylindrical holding body. Since the independent spring is press-fitted into the cylindrical part of the shaft body, the hinge acts a stable braking force on the pivoting motion between the cylindrical holding body and the shaft body over a long period of time without age-based reduction in elastic force of the spring , even if frequently operated.
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