Patent ID: 7150072
Filing Date: 2006-12-19
Classification: E05D,E05Y,H04M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A hinge assembly comprising: a spring; a cam follower having a shaft and at least one tab perpendicularly formed on the shaft; a cam having a cam portion and a connector extending from the cam portion, at least one peak and at least one valley formed on a cam surface of the cam portion, the connector defining an engaging groove thereon; a washer defining a hole corresponding to the engaging groove of the connector; and a housing defining an interior space for encasing the spring, the cam follower, the cam, and the washer therein, with the connector of the cam extending outside of the housing, at least one wall of the housing defining a groove therethrough so that the at least one tab of the cam follower is slidably inserted into the groove; wherein the spring is coiled over the shaft of the cam follower and is compressively engaged against both an inner wall of the housing and a surface of the at least one tab of the cam follower, the at least one tab is received in the at least one valley, the washer is rotatably fined in the engaging groove of the connector of the cam through the hole thereof and is fixed in the housing, and the cam follower is longitudinally slidably engaged with the housing and is rotatably engaged with the cam.