Abstract:
A hinge structure having leaf portions with adjustable clamping force arm includes a leaf structure and a pintle. The leaf structure includes a C-shaped barrel portion, and a first and a second leaf portion connected to and extended from two opposite axial edges of the barrel portion. Free ends of the first and second leaf portions are bound together by at least one leaf locating element. With the leaf locating element functioning as a fulcrum, a clamping force arm section is defined on each leaf portion between the fulcrum and the barrel portion. The pintle is rotatably received in the barrel portion with a predetermined rolling friction existed between them. The predetermined rolling friction is adjustable through mounting at least one adjusting element to the two clamping force arm sections.
Abstract:
A drive for pivoting a flap on a body of a vehicle about a pivot axis, with a drive motor, by means of which an output driving the flap pivotably can be driven rotatably via a drive train having an epicyclic gear. The epicyclic gear has a sun gear, an internally toothed rim, a planet gear which is in engagement with the sun gear and the internally toothed rim, and a planet carrier which carries the planet gear and which is connected fixedly in terms of rotation to a shaft coaxial with respect to the axis of rotation of the planet carrier. The rotational movement of a component of the epicyclic gear can be braked by a brake. In particular, the brake can stop the rotational movement of the internally toothed rim, the sun gear can be driven rotatably by the drive motor, and the shaft of the planet carrier can form the output.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an item of furniture (1) comprising a furniture body (2), a furniture part (3) which is displaceably received in or on the furniture body, and an ejection device (4) having at least one ejection element (5) for displacing the movable furniture part (3) from a closed position (S) into a first open position (O), and at least one lockable drive device (6) for the at least one ejection element (5). The invention is characterized by means for displacing the at least one ejection element (5) beyond the first open position (O).
Abstract:
A hinge damper is comprised of a rotation axis that is rotated according to the rotation of a rotation member and is pivotally attached to a case to be able to rotate freely, a gearing that is attached to the rotation axis to be able to freely rotate while having an internal tooth, means for transferring the rotation of the open/close member to the gearing, a gear planet that is engaged with the internal tooth of the gearing, rotation control means that regulates the rotation of the gear planet so that its center performs circular locus movement around the rotation center of the gearing, and means that absorbs the rotation energy of the gearing.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus are provided for reducing the occurrence of vehicle door bumps against an adjacent object facing the door. The apparatus comprises one or more distance sensors mounted on the vehicle for measuring distance D from the door to the object, a brake for inhibiting outward movement of the door toward the object, a warning system and a controller coupled to the distance sensors, warning system and brake for applying the brake to inhibit further outward movement of the door when D≦D(MIN), a predetermined minimum distance away from the object. In a preferred embodiment, a first driver warning is activated when the initial door-to-object spacing D(INIT)≦D(SAFE), the maximum outward door reach. A second warning is desirably added when the door begins moving toward the object or has reached about (D(INIT))/2 and a third warning is activated when the brake is engaged.
Abstract:
A locking mechanism of a braking device for aluminum doors and window according to the invention includes a sleeve and a locking pillar. The sleeve is a hollow tube-shaped structure, which has an expanded projecting rim at an upper end surface thereof, and a fastening mechanism below the projecting rim. The locking pillar has a fastening section at an outer wall thereof for corresponding with the fastening mechanism of the sleeve to accommodate the locking pillar in the sleeve and to further accommodate the sleeve in a through opening at a supporting window frame of a casement, thereby locating a securing section of the sleeve to the through opening at an upper board of the supporting window frame. Hence, the locking pillar is allowed with sliding movements in the sleeve without being bounced out or disengaged.
Abstract:
A brake assembly for locking a vertical or horizontal slidable sash window or door within a track of a frame is disclosed. The track has an elongated base and a pair of spaced apart, opposed sidewalls extending perpendicular from the base. Each sidewall has an inner shoulder spaced from and parallel to the base. The assembly has a slider body having a central opening extending from a front face of the body to a rear face of the body. The slider body has a side opening in each side of the slider body and being in communication with the central opening. A pair of brake members are provided wherein one brake member is slidably positioned within a respective one of the side openings. A cam has a rear face and a front face, and is adapted to receive a pivot member mounted on either the sash window or door. The cam is positioned in the central opening and is adapted to be rotatable within the opening by the pivot member. The cam, slider body and brake members include cooperative structure for converting rotary motion of the cam into radial movement of the brake members through the side openings and axial movement of the cam and slider body to lock the brake assembly within the track.
Abstract:
A door checker for an automobile includes: a case fixed to one of a body and a door of the automobile; a check lever movably penetrating the case, oscillatably axis-supported by the other of the body and the door, and provided with a rack on one side face; a pinion meshed with the rack and rotatably housed in the case; a movable shoe housed in the case so that the movable shoe can be engaged with and disengaged from a tooth portion of the pinion; and a check spring for biasing the movable shoe in the direction of engagement with the pinion. The door is held at an arbitrary opening degree by an engaging force of the movable shoe with the pinion due to a biasing force of the check spring. Thus, it is possible to easily set a large number of steps in an opening degree for holding the door.
Abstract:
The present invention is a hinge assembly for engaging an appliance door to an appliance, such that rotational forces generated by the door as a function of the door position are balanced against a rotation force exerted about an axis of rotation for the door. The hinge assembly may be engaged to an interface using a locking bar to prevent translation of the adapter plate relative to the interface. The hinge assembly may further have a plunger incorporating an ovoid shaped retention pin bore for retaining an elastic element to the plunger.
Abstract:
A hinge assembly for a media player having a main body and a cover body, includes a first hinge subassembly. The first hinge subassembly includes a first base plate adapted to be secured to the main body of the media player, a first joint axle secured to the first base plate, a first hinge arm adapted to be secured to the cover of the media player, several resilient bushings surrounding the first joint axle and arranged adjacent the first end of the first hinge arm, and an adjustable fastener coupled to the first joint axle for exerting an adjustable force applied to the first end of the first hinge arm. The first hinge arm has a first end pivotally coupled to the first joint axle. The adjustable fastener is positioned to generate a friction force between the first end of the first hinge arm and the at least one resilient bushing, and the friction force is sufficient to overcome gravitational force acting on the cover of the media player.