Supports: cabinet structure – Removal facilitating magazine type – Cylindrical article
Patent
1987-06-30
1989-07-11
Aschenbrenner, Peter A.
Supports: cabinet structure
Removal facilitating magazine type
Cylindrical article
312208, A47B 8106
Patent
active
048465364
ABSTRACT:
A hinge mechanism is disclosed which couples the flat-panel display of a portable apparatus to the housing of the apparatus. The flat-panel display can be folded upon the housing, and the apparatus looks like an attache case. The hinge mechanism has a torsion bar. The torsion bar is fastened, at one end, to the hinge mechanism. The other end portion of the torsion bar is flat and held by a holder such that the torsion bar is prevented from rotating around its axis, but can move in its axial direction. The axis of the hinge mechanism is defined by hollow cylindrical bosses inserted in circular holes cut in the hinge mechanism. The force which the torsion bar generates when it is twisted comes into equilibrium with the force urging the display to fall down toward the housing when the display reaches a position close to the housing. Hence, the panel display stops at this position. The gap between the housing and the panel display held in this position is so broad that an operator never has his or her fingers pinched between the housing and display. Safety can thus be secured to the operator in case display suddenly falls down toward the housing. In addition, the risk of damages to the panel display and the housing can be minimized.
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IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 28, No. 6, Six Point Hinge Mechanism, 11/1985, 2 pages.
Saitou Yoshio
Sasaki Katumaru
Aschenbrenner Peter A.
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Rendos Thomas A.
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