Sleeve joint type hinge

Abstract

A sleeve joint type hinge includes a barrel, a pivot shaft, inserted into and rotatable relative to the barrel, and an arched resilient friction member, which has two hooked portions respectively extending from the two distal ends thereof and hooked on the periphery of the pivot shaft and a middle protruding portion kept spaced from a tangential peripheral plane of the pivot shaft and disposed in close contact with the inside wall of the barrel to produce a friction resistance and to hold the pivot shaft positively in positive after each rotary motion of the pivot shaft relative to the barrel by an external biasing force.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a sleeve joint type hinge according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 corresponds to FIG. 1 when viewed from another angle.

FIG. 3 a is a cross sectional view of the sleeve joint type hinge according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 b is a longitudinal sectional view of the sleeve joint type hinge according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an exploded view of an alternate form of the sleeve joint type hinge according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 corresponds to FIG. 4 when viewed from another angle.

FIG. 6 a is a cross sectional view of the sleeve joint type hinge according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 b is a longitudinal sectional view of the sleeve joint type hinge according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

Claims

1. A sleeve joint type hinge comprising: a barrel, said barrel having a first end, a second end opposite to said second end, and a receiving open chamber axially extending from said first end toward said second end and surrounded by an inside wall thereof;a pivot shaft inserted into the receiving open chamber of said barrel and rotatable relative to said barrel, said pivot shaft having a shaft body, two longitudinal locating grooves on the periphery of said shaft body at two opposite sides, and a mounting portion for mounting axially extending from one end of said shaft body for mounting; andat least one resilient friction member mounted on said shaft body of said pivot shaft within said receiving open chamber and disposed in contact with the inside wall of said barrel and rotatable with said pivot shaft relative to said barrel to produce a friction resistance, said at least one resilient friction member each having a protruding portion disposed in contact with the inside wall of said barrel and two hooked portions respectively extending from two distal ends thereof and respectively hooked in the longitudinal locating grooves of said pivot shaft.

2. The sleeve joint type hinge as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mounting portion of said pivot shaft and the mounting portion of said barrel each have at least one mounting hole for mounting.

3. The sleeve joint type hinge as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mounting portion of said pivot shaft and the mounting portion of said barrel each have at least one longitudinally extending plane.

4. The sleeve joint type hinge as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shaft body of said pivot shaft has at least one longitudinal tangential plane corresponding to the protruding portion of each of said at least one resilient friction member, and the protruding portion of each of said at least one resilient friction member is respectively kept spaced from said at least one longitudinal tangential plane.

5. The sleeve joint type hinge as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one resilient friction member each is smoothly arched.

6. The sleeve joint type hinge as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one resilient friction member each has a plurality of lubricating grease retaining holes.

7. The sleeve joint type hinge as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one resilient friction member each is smoothly arched; the number of said at least one resilient friction member is 2, and the two resilient friction members are abutted against each other to form a friction ring that is sleeved onto said shaft body of said pivot shaft.