US 2017/0122018 A1Published application

Hinge

AssigneeAcer Incorporated

InventorsYu-Chin Huang, Chih-Chun Liu, Yu-Nan Lin, Hung-Jen Su

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Abstract

A hinge including a first bracket, a second bracket, a shaft, a fixing element and a position limiting ring is provided. The first bracket includes a first hole and a protrusion protruding from edge of the first hole toward inside of the first hole. The second bracket includes a second hole. The shaft has a cylinder portion passing through the first hole, a fixing portion passing through the second hole, and a first position limiting structure encircling the shaft. The fixing element is disposed at ends of the cylinder portion to fix the shaft to the first bracket. The position limiting ring encircles the shaft and located between the first bracket and the first position limiting structure. The position limiting ring has a second position limiting structure and a recess, the second position limiting structure engages with the first position limiting structure, and the protrusion is located in the recess.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A hinge, comprising:

a first bracket, having a first hole and a protrusion, the protrusion protruding from the edge of the first hole towards the inside of the first hole;
a second bracket, having a second hole;
a shaft, having a cylinder portion, a fixing portion and a first position limiting structure connected to each other, wherein the cylinder portion passes through the first hole and protrudes out of the first bracket, the fixing portion passes through the second hole and protrudes out of the second bracket, and the first position limiting structure encircles the cylinder portion;
a fixing element, disposed at an end of the cylinder portion to fix the shaft on the first bracket;
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a position limiting ring, encircling between the first hole and the shaft, and located between the first bracket and the first position limiting structure, the position limiting ring having a second position limiting structure distributed along the circumference thereof and protruding along an axial direction of the shaft and an engaging recess located on a circumferential surface of the position limiting ring, wherein the second position limiting structure engages with the first position limiting structure, and the protrusion is located in the engaging recess.

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