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US 12,320,177 B2Granted
Tension hinge pin for door hinges
OwnerTerry R. Krailoinventor
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Abstract
Tension hinge pins are disclosed. The tension hinge pins include a body with a hollow interior, an opening into the hollow interior, and an expandable body positioned within the hollow interior. The tension hinge pins include an actuator positioned to engage the expandable body and actuate expansion of expandable body to expand at least a portion of the expandable body outward through the opening. The tension hinge pins can be installed in a hinge used for hanging doors.
Claims18
A hinge pin, the hinge pin comprising:
- a hinge pin body, wherein at least a portion of the hinge pin body has a hollow interior;
- an opening through the hinge pin body into the hollow interior;
- an insert positioned within the hollow interior, wherein at least a portion of the inert is aligned with the opening;
- an actuator positioned to engage the inert and actuate the insert to project outward through the opening;
- wherein actuation of the insert forces the insert to spread outward through the opening.
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A hinge pin, the hinge pin comprising:
- a hinge pin body, wherein at least a portion of the hinge pin body has a hollow interior;
- an opening through the hinge pin body into the hollow interior;
- a body positioned within the hollow interior, wherein at least a portion of the body is aligned with the opening;
- an actuator positioned to engage the body and actuate the body to project outward through the opening;
- wherein the body is an expandable body, wherein the actuator is configured to regulate a state of the expandable body between at least two states, the at least two states including an expanded state wherein at least a portion of the expandable body extends outward through the opening and a contracted state wherein an entirety of the expandable body is positioned within the hollow interior;
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- wherein the expandable body has a cavity in an interior of the expandable body, wherein a shape of the cavity is responsive to expansion of the expandable body.
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A hinge pin, the hinge pin comprising:
- a hinge pin body, wherein at least a portion of the hinge pin body has a hollow interior;
- an opening through the hinge pin body into the hollow interior;
- a body positioned within the hollow interior, wherein at least a portion of the body is aligned with the opening;
- an actuator positioned to engage the body and actuate the body to project outward through the opening;
- wherein the insert comprises a split body including two wings coupled at a first end of the split body and an opening between the two wings at a second end of the split body, wherein the actuator is positioned to engage within the opening to cause the wings to expand outward through the opening to actuate expansion of body.
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A hinge, the hinge comprising:
- a first leaf having first knuckle;
- a second leaf having second knuckle;
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- a hinge pin engaged through the first and second knuckle, thereby coupling the first and second leaves;
- wherein the hinge pin comprises:
- a hinge pin body, wherein at least a portion of the hinge pin body has a hollow interior;
- an opening through the hinge pin body into the hollow interior, wherein the opening is aligned with both the first and second knuckles;
- a body positioned within the hollow interior, wherein at least a portion of the body is aligned with the opening;
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- an actuator positioned to engage the body;
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- wherein the actuator is positioned to actuate the body to project outward through the opening to frictionally engage with both the first and second knuckles.
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A door installation, the door installation comprising:
- a doorway frame;
- a door;
- a hinge coupled with the doorway frame and the door such that the door is hung on the doorway frame, the hinge comprising a first leaf coupled with the door and having a first knuckle, a second leaf couple with the doorway frame and having second knuckle, and a hinge pin engaged through the first and second knuckles, thereby coupling the first and second leaves;
- wherein the hinge pin comprises:
- a hinge pin body, wherein at least a portion of the hinge pin body has a hollow interior;
- an opening through the hinge pin body into the hollow interior, wherein the opening is aligned with both the first and second knuckles;
- body positioned within the hollow interior, wherein at least a portion of the body is aligned with the opening;
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- an actuator positioned to engage the body;
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- wherein the actuator is positioned to actuate the body to project outward through the opening to frictionally engage with both the first and second knuckles.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.