Patent ID: 8677567
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: G06F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A hinge that rotatably connects a first member and a second member, comprising: two brackets that can rotate against each other and that are respectively mounted to said first member and said second member; and a friction-torque-generating member including at least one friction member and at least one elastic member, and configured for generating friction torque between said two brackets; wherein said one of said two brackets includes a shaft part having a non-cylindrical cross-section which penetrates through an axial hole of the other bracket in the thickness direction of a bearing part so as to support the rotation of said other member, a mounting part mounted to said first member or said second member, and a connecting part connecting said shaft part or said bearing part to said mounting part, and wherein said shaft part, said connecting part, and said mounting part constitute a one-piece structure press-formed from a plate material, said connecting part rises from one end of the mounting part in a flat shape, said shaft part is shaped such that said shaft part is bent so as to make a right angle with said connecting part, said friction member and said elastic member have an axial hole, said axial hole of said friction member being rectangular, which shape corresponds to that of said shaft part of said one of said two brackets, the shaft part penetrates said axial holes of the friction member and the elastic member, so that said friction member makes surface-to-surface contact with the other bracket, and said elastic member bends in the axial direction of said shaft part to generate an axial force, which axial force causes said friction member to be pressed to the other bracket, thereby said friction torque being generated.