Hinge device and housing
AssigneeYamaha Corporation
InventorHidefumi Sawaguchi
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Abstract
There is provided a hinge device that supports a first member and a second member to be rotatable. The hinge device includes a first guide groove and a second guide groove that are formed on the first member substantially parallel to each other, and a first pin that is provided on the second member and is slidably engaged with the first guide groove and a second pin that is provided on the second member and is slidably engaged with the second guide groove. The first guide groove includes a first end portion with which the first pin rotatably comes into contact, and the second guide groove includes a second end portion where a movement space in which the second pin is disposed so as to rotate around the first pin when the first pin is disposed at the first end portion is formed.
Claims11
A hinge device that supports a first member and a second member so as to allow the first and second members to be rotatable, the hinge device comprising:
- a first guide groove and a second guide groove formed on the first member;
- a first pin provided on the second member and is slidably engaged with the first guide groove;
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- a second pin provided on the second member and is slidably engaged with the second guide groove, wherein
- the first guide groove and the second guide groove respectively include a first linear groove portion and a second linear groove portion substantially parallel to each other in a first direction,
- the first guide groove includes a first end portion being continuous from the first linear groove portion and extending in a second direction relative to the first direction, wherein the first pin rotatably comes into contact with the first end portion, and
- the second guide groove includes a second end portion being continuous from the second linear groove portion and extending substantially parallel to the second direction, wherein the second end portion includes a movement space in which the second pin rotates about the first pin disposed at the first end portion of the first guide groove, and
- the first and second linear groove portions having respective longitudal axes that gradually approach toward each other from a side corresponding to the first and second end portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.