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US 10,487,556 B2Granted
Hinge assembly for trunk lid
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorJang Hwan Hyun
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Abstract
A hinge assembly for a trunk lid, includes: a hinge bracket attached to a trunk compartment; a hinge arm attached to a trunk lid and pivotally connected to the hinge bracket; and a damping mechanism disposed between the hinge bracket and the hinge arm, and damping a pivoting movement of the hinge arm, where the hinge arm has a hollow portion in which the damping mechanism is received.
Claims8
A hinge assembly for a trunk lid, comprising:
- a hinge bracket attached to a trunk compartment;
- a hinge arm attached to a trunk lid and pivotally connected to the hinge bracket;
- and
- a damping mechanism damping a pivoting movement of the hinge arm,
- wherein the hinge arm has a hollow portion in which the damping mechanism is received,
- wherein the hinge bracket includes a damping profile having a curved surface limiting a range of the pivoting movement of the hinge arm, and
- wherein the damping mechanism includes a rolling pin in rolling contact with the damping profile, a pin holder supporting the rolling pin, and a damping spring elastically supporting the pin holder.
4 more elements
A hinge assembly for a trunk lid, comprising:
- a hinge bracket attached to a trunk compartment;
- a hinge arm attached to a trunk lid and pivotally connected to the hinge bracket;
- and
- a damping mechanism damping a pivoting movement of the hinge arm,
- wherein the hinge arm has a hollow portion in which the damping mechanism is received,
- wherein the hinge bracket includes a damping profile having a curved surface limiting a range of the pivoting movement of the hinge arm,
- wherein the damping mechanism includes a moving member having a contact portion in contact with the damping profile and a damping spring elastically supporting the moving member, and
- wherein the hinge arm has a guide slot guiding movement of the moving member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.