Hinge device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12196029-B2
Application number	US-201917420614-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 20, 2019
Priority date	Jan 11, 2019
Publication date	Jan 14, 2025
Grant date	Jan 14, 2025

Abstract

A hinge device 1 comprises a damper hinge 2 and a gravity hinge 3 . The gravity hinge 3 comprises a rotational force imparting mechanism 70 for converting gravity of the door 6 to rotational force to a closing direction when the door 6 rotates to the closing direction. The damper hinge 2 comprises a damper mechanism 30 for reducing the rotational force to the closing direction of the door 6 . The damper mechanism 30 includes a linear damper 31 disposed to the first hinge member 10 and a first cam member 32 and includes a second cam member 35 disposed to the second hinge member 20 . The linear damper 31 is positioned far from the shaft member 40 in an orthogonal direction to a shaft line of the shaft member 40 and is positioned along the shaft member 40 . When the door 6 rotates to the closing direction and goes down, the linear damper 31 is shortened along with a cam action of the first cam member 32 and the second cam member 35.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hinge device comprising
a plurality of hinges,
wherein each of the plurality of hinges comprises
a first hinge member ( 10 ) attached to a first object ( 5 ),
a second hinge member ( 20 ) attached to a second object ( 6 ) and rotating about a rotation shaft line (L) with respect to the first object,
a shaft member ( 40 ) connecting rotatably the first hinge member and the second hinge member and its shaft line being provided as the rotation shaft line,
wherein the first hinge member ( 20 ) and the second hinge member ( 40 ) relatively move in a direction of the rotation shaft line (L);
wherein at least one of the plurality of hinges comprises a rotational force imparting mechanism ( 70 ), and
at least one of the plurality of hinges comprises a damper mechanism ( 30 ),
wherein the rotational force imparting mechanism ( 70 ) and the damper mechanism ( 30 ) is assembled into same hinge of the plurality of hinges or is assembled into different hinges of the plurality of hinges,
wherein the rotational force imparting mechanism ( 70 ) comprises a lower cam member ( 72 ) having a cylindrical shape and being disposed to the first hinge member ( 10 ), and an upper cam member ( 71 ) having a cylindrical shape and being disposed to the second hinge member ( 20 ), the shaft member ( 40 ) is disposed to the first hinge member ( 10 ) and is positioned such that it passes through the upper cam member ( 71 ) and the lower cam member ( 72 ),
wherein, when the second object ( 6 ) goes down by a deadweight, the deadweight of the second object ( 20 ) is converted to a rotational force to a closing direction or an opening direction,
wherein a damper mechanism ( 30 ) reduces the rotational force of the second object to the closing direction or the opening direction,
wherein the damper mechanism ( 30 ) comprising,
a linear damper ( 31 ) disposed to one hinge member among the first hinge member ( 10 ) and the second hinge member ( 20 ) and positioned apart from the shaft member ( 40 ) in an orthogonal direction to a shaft line of the shaft member while positioned along the shaft member,
a first cam part ( 32 ) disposed to the one hinge and positioned at one end of the linear damper, and
a second cam part ( 35 ) positioned to another hinge member among the first hinge member ( 10 ) and the second hinge member ( 20 )
wherein in a process where the second hinge member ( 20 ) of each of the plurality of hinges goes down together with the second object ( 6 ) while rotating to the closing direction or the opening direction, accompanied with a cam action of the first cam part ( 32 ) and the second cam part ( 35 ), the linear damper ( 31 ) is pressed and contracted.

2. The hinge device of claim 1 , wherein the linear damper ( 31 ) and the first cam part ( 32 ) are disposed to the first hinge member ( 10 ), and
wherein the second cam part ( 35 ) is consisted of a second cam member configured as a separated body from the second hinge member ( 20 ), and the second cam member is attached to the second hinge member adjustably in a position to an orthogonal direction to its shaft line with respect to the shaft member ( 40 ).

3. A hinge device of claim 2 , wherein the rotation shaft line (L) extends vertically, and the linear damper ( 31 ) and the first cam part ( 32 ) are disposed to the first hinge member ( 10 ) such that the first cam part includes a slanted cam face ( 32 x ) slanting higher and higher as going to the closing direction or the opening direction and becoming higher and higher as going farther from the rotation shaft line.

4. A hinge device comprising a damper hinge ( 2 ) and a gravity hinge ( 3 ) positioned on a rotation shaft line (L) and spaced from each other,
wherein the damper hinge ( 2 ) includes the first hinge member ( 10 ) attached to a first object ( 5 ), the second hinge member ( 20 ) attached to a second object ( 6 ) and rotating about the rotation shaft line (L) with respect to the first object, the shaft member ( 40 ) connecting rotatably the first hinge member and the second hinge member and its shaft line being provided as the rotation shaft line, and a damper mechanism ( 30 ),
wherein the gravity hinge ( 3 ) includes,
a third hinge member ( 50 ) attached to the first object ( 5 ),

a fourth hinge member ( 60 ) attached to the second object ( 6 ),
another shaft member ( 80 ) connecting rotatably the third hinge member and the fourth hinge member and providing its shaft line as the rotation shaft line, and
a rotational force imparting mechanism ( 70 ),

wherein all the damper mechanism ( 30 ) reduces the rotational force of the second object to the closing direction or the opening direction,
wherein the damper mechanism ( 30 ) comprising,
a linear damper ( 31 ) disposed to one hinge member among the first hinge member ( 10 ) and the second hinge member ( 20 ) and positioned apart from the shaft member ( 40 ) in an orthogonal direction to a shaft line of the shaft member while positioned along the shaft member,
a first cam part ( 32 ) disposed to the one hinge and positioned at one end of the linear damper, and
a second cam part ( 35 ) positioned to another hinge member among the first hinge member ( 10 ) and the second hinge member ( 20 )
wherein the rotation shaft line extends vertically and gravity of the second object ( 6 ) is provided as the urging force,
wherein the rotational force imparting mechanism includes a third cam member ( 71 ) disposed to the third hinge member ( 50 ) and having a cylindrical shape and a fourth cam member ( 72 ) disposed to the fourth hinge member ( 60 ) and disposed above the third cam member,
wherein another shaft member ( 80 ) is inserted and passed through the third cam member and the fourth cam member;
wherein, when the second object ( 6 ) goes down by a deadweight, the deadweight of the second object ( 20 ) is converted to a rotational force to a closing direction or an opening direction,
wherein in a process where the second hinge member ( 20 ) goes down together with the second object ( 6 ) while rotating to the closing direction or the opening direction, accompanied with a cam action of the first cam part ( 32 ) and the second cam part ( 35 ), the linear damper ( 31 ) is pressed and contracted.

5. A hinge device of claim 4 , wherein the linear damper ( 31 ) and the first cam part ( 32 ) are disposed to the first hinge member ( 10 ), and
wherein the second cam part ( 35 ) is consisted of a second cam member configured as a separated body from the second hinge member ( 20 ), and the second cam member is attached to the second hinge member adjustably in a position to an orthogonal direction to its shaft line with respect to the shaft member ( 40 ).

6. A hinge device of claim 5 , wherein the rotation shaft line and extends vertically, and the linear damper ( 31 ) and the first cam part ( 32 ) are disposed to the first hinge member ( 10 ) such that the first cam part includes a slanted cam face ( 32 x ) slanting higher and higher as going to the closing direction or the opening direction and becoming higher and higher as going farther from the rotation shaft line.

Assignees

• Sugatsune Kogyo

Inventors

• Iijima Tadashi
• Mori Kazuma

Classifications

• E05Y2900/132

  Doors · CPC title

• E05Y2201/638

  Cams; Ramps · CPC title

• E05Y2201/234

  direction dependent · CPC title

• E05Y2201/212

  Buffers · CPC title

• E05F1/043

  with cams, helical tracks (E05F1/061 takes precedence) · CPC title