Flexible hinge assembly

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1992-09-30

1994-05-10

Oberleitner, Robert J.

Ships

Boats, boat component, or attachment

Protective cover or shield

49147, 16DIG3, B63B 1700

Patent

active

053098609

ABSTRACT:
The present invention is a flexible hinge for mounting a first panel to a second panel with both the first and second panels having a complex contoured surface. In the disclosed embodiment, the panels are a door panel and the windshield of a boat. The hinge includes brackets mounted to the door panel and the windshield. A flexible pin is inserted into adjoining sockets on the brackets to interconnect them and permit them to pivot with respect to one another. The flexible pin bends as the brackets pivot permitting the brackets to deflect with respect to one another along the longitudinal centerline of the sockets. The preferred flexible pin includes a coil spring and a core pin with the core pin being inserted into the coil spring to increase the shear strength of the coil spring.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1682993 (1928-09-01), Short
patent: 2102123 (1937-12-01), Leveau
patent: 2355264 (1944-08-01), Bloomfield
patent: 3014608 (1961-12-01), Aylor
patent: 3843982 (1974-10-01), Lane
patent: 5111765 (1992-05-01), Kobayashi

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