Miscellaneous hardware (e.g. – bushing – carpet fastener – caster – Hinge – Specific pintle structure
Patent
1998-03-12
2000-12-05
Mah, Chuck Y.
Miscellaneous hardware (e.g., bushing, carpet fastener, caster,
Hinge
Specific pintle structure
16342, E05D 510, E05C 1764
Patent
active
061549274
ABSTRACT:
A hinge suitable for use in tube clamps for tubing in automobiles includes two members rotatably connected together. A pair of pin shafts protrude from either one of the two members, each pin shaft having an outer wall. A pair of support holes are formed in the other member, the pin shafts being inserted into the respective support holes so that the two members are rotatable relative to each other. Each support hole has a peripheral wall, a plurality of abutment portions protruding from either one of the peripheral wall of each support hole or each pin shaft. A plurality of escape recesses are formed in the other of the peripheral wall of each support hole and each pin shaft so as to locationally correspond to the respective abutment portions. When the pin shafts are inserted into the respective support holes, an alignment position is provided at which the abutment portions and the escape recesses are aligned with each other so that a clearance is defined between an entire circumference of each pin shaft and the corresponding escape recess, and an abutment position is provided at which the two members are rotated relative to each other from the alignment position by a predetermined angle so that at least two of the abutment portions are abutted against the peripheral wall of each support hole or the outer wall of each pin shaft.
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Mizuno Takahiro
Oi Shigeo
Sawai Morihito
Yamaguchi Shin-ichi
Mah Chuck Y.
Nippon Stud Welding Co. Ltd.
Togo Seisakusyo Corp.
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