Patent ID: 6820307
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: E05D,E05F,E05Y,G06F,Y10T

Abstract:
An elastic hinge for a notebook computer, the hinge comprising:a pintle with a first part, a second part, and a middle part between the first part and the second part, the pintle having at least one arcuate protrusion homogenously formed at the middle part; a first barrel provided outside the first part of the pintle, the first barrel having two first C-like tubular portions aligned with each other, and a first lug formed at an outside end of the first C-like tubular portions facing the at least one arcuate protrusion and abutting at least one arcuate protrusion; and a second barrel provided outside the second part of the pintle, the second barrel having two second C-like tubular portions aligned with each other.