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US 2014/0150204 A1Published application
Assembly for maintaining separation between spring assembly and hinge bracket thus reducing inadvertent striking
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsDavid Grummett, Stephen Axt, Jason Rogers
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Abstract
An apparatus comprising: a hinge bracket; a spring assembly configured to operatively interact with the hinge bracket; and a separation assembly being configured to permit relative movement between the hinge bracket and the spring assembly without permitting the spring assembly and the hinge bracket from inadvertently striking against each other, whereby occurrence of unwanted noise associated with the spring assembly and the hinge bracket striking each other is reduced.
Claims26
An apparatus comprising:
- a hinge bracket;
- a spring assembly configured to operatively interact with the hinge bracket;
- and
- a separation assembly being configured to permit relative movement between the hinge bracket and the spring assembly without permitting the spring assembly and the hinge bracket from inadvertently striking against each other, whereby occurrence of unwanted noise associated with the spring assembly and the hinge bracket striking each other is reduced.
1 more element
An apparatus comprising:
- a door assembly having a hinge bracket being movable between a closed position and an open position;
- a spring assembly being configured to apply a closure force that maintains stationary positioning of the hinge bracket in the closed position, and permit movement of the hinge bracket from the closed position to the open position for a case where a user-applied force received by the hinge bracket overcomes the closure force of the spring assembly;
- and
- a separation assembly being configured to:
- maintain separation, at least in part, between the spring assembly and the hinge bracket, and
- permit relative movement between the hinge bracket and the spring assembly without permitting the spring assembly and the hinge bracket from inadvertently striking against each other, whereby occurrence of unwanted noise associated with the spring assembly and the hinge bracket striking each other is reduced.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a separation assembly being configured to permit relative movement between a hinge bracket and a spring assembly configured to operatively interact with the hinge bracket without permitting the spring assembly and the hinge bracket from inadvertently striking against each other, whereby occurrence of unwanted noise associated with the spring assembly and the hinge bracket striking each other is reduced.
An apparatus comprising:
- a separation assembly being configured to:
- maintain separation, at least in part, between a spring assembly and a hinge bracket of a door assembly, the hinge bracket being movable between a closed position and an open position, the spring assembly being configured to apply a closure force that maintains stationary positioning of the hinge bracket in the closed position, and the spring assembly being configured to permit movement of the hinge bracket from the closed position to the open position for a case where a user-applied force received by the hinge bracket overcomes the closure force of the spring assembly;
- and
- permit relative movement between the hinge bracket and the spring assembly without permitting the spring assembly and the hinge bracket from inadvertently striking against each other, whereby occurrence of unwanted noise associated with the spring assembly and the hinge bracket striking each other is reduced.
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A method comprising:
- maintaining separation between a spring assembly and a hinge bracket of a door assembly, the hinge bracket being movable between a closed position and an open position, the spring assembly being configured to apply a closure force that maintains stationary positioning of the hinge bracket in the closed position, and permit movement of the hinge bracket from the closed position to the open position for a case where a user-applied force received by the hinge bracket overcomes the closure force of the spring assembly;
- and
- permitting relative movement between the hinge bracket and the spring assembly without permitting the spring assembly and the hinge bracket from inadvertently striking against each other, whereby occurrence of unwanted noise associated with the spring assembly and the hinge bracket striking each other is reduced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.