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Title:
HINGE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING HINGE DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2005337301
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a hinge device and a small-sized electronic device using the hinge device, lowering the production and quality cost of the device even if various functions are added, and also exhibiting a latch-less function even if a locking mechanism exposed to the respective surfaces of the body and a lid are eliminated.

This hinge device connects the body and the lid to be rotated in the vertical direction and in the horizontal direction. The hinge device is composed of a fitting member and a support member which are fitted to either the body or the lid; a horizontal shaft member fitted to the fitting member and provided with a locking groove in the outer periphery; a shaft member fitted to the support member, provided with an engagement groove in the outer periphery and intersecting perpendicularly to the horizontal shaft member; a bracket member fitted to the shaft member intersecting perpendicularly to the horizontal shaft member to rotate the body and the lid in the vertical direction and in the horizontal direction; and a regulating means having a regulating pin fitted to either the locking groove or the engagement groove.


Inventors:
AKIYAMA HIROFUMI
SATO TSUTOMU
Application Number:
JP2004153899A
Publication Date:
December 08, 2005
Filing Date:
May 24, 2004
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
KATO ELECTRIC & MACHINARY CO
SHARP KK
International Classes:
E05D3/10; F16C11/04; F16C11/10; G06F1/16; G11B5/008; H05K7/16; E05D11/00; E05D11/08; E05D11/10; (IPC1-7): F16C11/04; E05D3/10; F16C11/10; G06F1/16
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masao Ito