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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
May. 18, 2005
Hirofumi Akiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Satoh, Osaka, JP;
Hirofumi Akiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Satoh, Osaka, JP;
Katoh Electrical Machinery Co., Ltd, Kanagawa, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In order to provide a hinge device exhibiting a latchless function even if a lock mechanism exposed on respective surfaces of a main body and a lid body is abolished and a small-sized electronic equipment using the same, the present invention is a hinge device coupling the main body and the lid body in a turnable manner in an open/close direction and a direction perpendicular to it, in which the hinge device includes a mounting member and supporting member to be mounted to either the main body or the lid body; a horizontal shaft member mounted to the mounting member and having a locking groove at an outer periphery thereof; an orthogonal shaft member mounted to the supporting member and having an engaging groove at an outer periphery thereof, the orthogonal shaft groove being orthogonal to the horizontal shaft member; a bracket member mounted to the horizontal shaft member and the orthogonal shaft member to allow the main body and the lid body to turn in the open/close direction and the direction perpendicular to it; and a restriction mechanism having a restriction pin being engaged with either the locking groove or the engaging groove.