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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2015
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Debraj Dey, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
David Kovie, Livonia, MI (US);
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Abstract
A hinge hydraulic infinite check structure includes a paddle having at least one hydraulic aperture is rigidly fixed to a shaft. The pivot shaft is supported for pivoting movement within a case. The case includes a wall portion rigidly fixed to a cylindrically shaped inner surface and extends radially inward to the shaft. Pivoting movement of the pivot shaft forces the hydraulic fluid to move through the aperture from a first side to a second side of the paddle generating movement resistance. With the pivot shaft being stationary relative to the fluid chamber, equilibrium of fluid pressure of the hydraulic fluid at the first side and the second side of the paddle imparts a resistance to pivoting movement of the pivot shaft relative to the fluid chamber.