Patent ID: 8266764
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: E05F,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A hinge for a cargo box or other article, comprising: a first and a second hinge leaf, the second hinge leaf has a first bearing bushing and a second bearing bushing set apart from the first bearing bushing, a bearing bushing of the first hinge leaf is rotatable about a common hinge axis between the first and second bearing bushings, an axle tube locked in rotation with the bearing bushing of the first hinge leaf and is supported in the bearing bushings of the second hinge leaf so that it rotates, a torsion spring arranged in the axle tube and mounted with one end on the axle tube, a torque converter support that locks the other end of the torsion spring in rotation with the second hinge leaf, and a damper for hinge motion connected to the second hinge leaf and the axle tube, a cylindrical hollow space is formed by the three bearing bushings (