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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2005
Peng-jin GE, Shenzhen, CN;
Rui-hao Chen, Shenzhen, CN;
Xing-huang Luo, Shenzhen, CN;
Gang Yang, Shenzhen, CN;
Tai-jun Liu, Shenzhen, CN;
Hsiao-hua Tu, Tu-Cheng, TW;
Peng-Jin Ge, Shenzhen, CN;
Rui-Hao Chen, Shenzhen, CN;
Xing-Huang Luo, Shenzhen, CN;
Gang Yang, Shenzhen, CN;
Tai-Jun Liu, Shenzhen, CN;
Hsiao-Hua Tu, Tu-Cheng, TW;
Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., ShenZhen, Guangdong Province, CN;
FIH (Hong Kong) Limited, Kowloon, HK;
Abstract
A hinge () is provided in connection with a mobile phone. The hinge includes a shaft (), a cam (), a sleeve (), a torsion spring () and a compression spring (). The shaft includes a first end with two rotatable blocks () formed thereon and a second opposite end. The cam includes a first cam end having a flat surface (), an intermediate portion (), a second cam end. The cam surrounds the shaft with the rotatable blocks abutting against the flat surface and being rotatable relative to the cam. The sleeve includes a first end engaged with the second cam end of the cam, and a second end abutting the second end of the shaft. The torsion spring has an inner finger () coupled to the shaft, and an outer finger () coupled to the sleeve. The compression spring surrounds the intermediate portion of the cam.