Hinge system and method for a segmented door
AssigneeOverhead Door Corporation
InventorBradley J. Lee
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Abstract
A method of assembling a hinge comprising a first gear having one or more first teeth, a second gear having one or more second teeth and an area with no teeth, and a cover configured to attach the first gear to the second gear comprises moving the first gear into the cover and moving the second gear having the area with no teeth at least partially into the cover without engagement of the one or more first teeth and the one or more second teeth.
Claims20
A method of assembling a hinge comprising a first gear having a plurality of first teeth, a second gear having a plurality of second teeth and an area with no teeth, and a cover configured to attach the first gear to the second gear, the method comprising:
- moving the first gear into the cover;
- moving the second gear having the area with no teeth at least partially into the cover without engagement of any of the plurality of first teeth with any of the plurality of second teeth, wherein the plurality of first teeth include all the teeth on the first gear and the plurality of second teeth include all the teeth on the second gear;
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- rotating the second gear having the area with no teeth to mesh the plurality of first teeth with the plurality of second teeth.
A method of assembling a hinge comprising a first gear, a second gear, and a cover having a longitudinal slot, the cover being configured to attach the first gear to the second gear, the method comprising:
- introducing the first gear into the longitudinal slot in the cover by moving the first gear in a lateral direction into the longitudinal slot;
- after introducing the first gear into the longitudinal slot, introducing the second gear into the longitudinal slot in the cover adjacent the first gear, wherein introducing the second gear into the longitudinal slot in the cover includes sliding the second gear laterally relative to the first gear;
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- pivoting one of the first and second gears relative to the other of the first and second gears to engage a tooth of the first gear between teeth of the second gear to hold the teeth in the cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.