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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:
Feb. 22, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2002
Applicants:
Masaki Sawada, Osaka, JP;
Tamotsu Yamamoto, Hyogo, JP;
Katsuichi Minami, Fukui, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R039/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hinge mechanism includes flangesA,B, and a swivel mechanism includes swiveling shaft. Springenergizes the swiveling mechanism. Resilient repulsion of springenergizes the swiveling mechanism to swivel toward either end of a swivelable range from a neutral position.