Hinge assembly and piece of furniture or domestic appliance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12312849-B2
Application number	US-202418889475-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 19, 2024
Priority date	Mar 21, 2022
Publication date	May 27, 2025
Grant date	May 27, 2025

Abstract

A hinge assembly including a drive device and a hinge having a hinge arm for moving a pivoting element of an appliance or piece of furniture. The pivoting element is mounted movably on a body of the appliance or furniture by means of the hinge. One side of the hinge is attached to the body and another side of the hinge is attached to the pivoting element. The drive device has a drive motor unit with an end section coupled to the hinge arm. First and second flange components arrange the drive motor unit on the pivoting element. The drive motor unit is arranged on the pivoting element by the first and second flange components. The first and second flange components each have an attachment section for fastening the respective flange component and each have a coupling section for coupling the drive motor unit to the respective flange component.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hinge assembly comprising a drive device and a hinge having a hinge arm, wherein the hinge is designed for moving a pivoting element of a domestic appliance or of a piece of furniture, wherein the pivoting element can be mounted movably on a body of the domestic appliance or piece of furniture by means of the hinge, wherein one side of the hinge is designed for attachment to the body and another side of the hinge is designed for attachment to the pivoting element, wherein the drive device has a drive motor unit, which is designed for arrangement on the pivoting element and wherein an end section of the drive motor unit is coupled to the hinge arm, such that the articulatedly mounted hinge arm of the hinge can be set in motion by the drive motor unit in such a way that a movement of the pivoting element relative to the body takes place in the mounted state of the hinge assembly, wherein a first flange component and a second flange component, which are separate, are provided for arrangement of the drive motor unit on the pivoting element, wherein the drive motor unit can be arranged on the pivoting element by means of the first flange component and by means of the second flange component, wherein the first flange component and the second flange component each have an attachment section for fastening the respective flange component and each have a coupling section for coupling the drive motor unit to the respective flange component, wherein, in the state in which the flange components are arranged on the pivoting element, the coupling section of the first flange component and the coupling section of the second flange component are oriented toward one another, with the result that the two flange components are in symmetry, wherein the drive motor unit is present between the first flange component and the second flange component, wherein the drive motor unit is fastened releasably on the first flange component and/or on the second flange component by means of a connection that can be established without tools.

2. The hinge assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, in the state in which the drive motor unit is arranged on the pivoting element, the coupling section of the first flange component and the coupling section of the second flange component are oriented toward one another, with the result that the two flange components are in mirror symmetry.

3. The hinge assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the coupling section of the first flange component and the coupling section of the second flange component are of identical configuration.

4. The hinge assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the attachment section of the first flange component and the attachment section of the second flange component are of identical configuration.

5. The hinge assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first flange component engages on a first end section of the drive motor unit, and in that the second flange component engages on a second end section of the drive motor unit, wherein the first flange component and the second flange component are spaced apart.

6. The hinge assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the attachment section and the coupling section are oriented at an angle to one another.

7. The hinge assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the attachment section is designed for connection to a fastening element, wherein the fastening element is used for attaching the other side of the hinge to the pivoting element.

8. The hinge assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the attachment section has a base for flat support on the pivoting element, and a web section formed above the base, wherein the web section is spaced apart from the base by a material-free region.

9. The hinge assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first flange component and/or the second flange component provide/provides a stop for the attached drive motor unit in a longitudinal direction of the drive motor unit, and/or provide/provides a stop in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the drive motor unit.

10. The hinge assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the drive motor unit engages on the hinge arm of the hinge via a lever assembly.

11. The hinge assembly as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the lever assembly comprises a control lever, which is connected in articulated manner to an attachment element of the lever assembly, wherein the attachment element engages releasably on a receptacle on the hinge arm of the hinge.

12. The hinge assembly as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the control lever has a bent shape and comprises two opposite spaced bearing locations for articulated connection of the control lever to the attachment element.

13. A piece of furniture or domestic appliance having a body and a pivoting element mounted movably on the body, wherein a hinge assembly as claimed in claim 1 is provided for moving the pivoting element.

Assignees

• Grass Gmbh

Inventors

• Herper Markus

Classifications

• E05Y2900/20

  for furniture, e.g. cabinets · CPC title

• E05Y2600/52

  Toolless · CPC title

• E05Y2600/46

  in or on the wing · CPC title

• E05Y2201/43

  Motors · CPC title

• E05F15/611

  for swinging wings · CPC title