Patent ID: 6317927
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: E05D,E05Y,G06F,Y10T

Abstract:
A hinge device comprising:a male hinge member including a mounting plate adapted to be fixed to a mainframe board of a mainframe unit of a portable computer, a hollow connecting shaft, and a shoulder between the connecting shaft and the mounting plate, a plurality of longitudinal channels being equiangularly distributed on the connecting shaft;a female hinge member including a mounting plate adapted to be fixed to a display board of a display unit of the portable computer and a sleeve telescopically receiving the connecting shaft of the male hinge member; anda resilient tube defining a longitudinal slot through a periphery thereof and received within the connecting shaft of the male hinge member, the resilient tube circumferentially biasing the connecting shaft against the sleeve of the female hinge member for reliably positioning the male hinge member relative to the female hinge member at a desired angular position.