Patent ID: 6168341
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: E05D,G02C,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A hinge comprising: two rigid elements connected to each other by a joint enabling them to occupy different relative angular positions, and an elongate component consisting of a filament or a tube having a substantially cylindrical cross-section, laid along two successive channels positioned end-to-end and formed one in each of the rigid elements, said elongate component comprising a material having elastic properties, the hinge further comprising, situated between the rigid elements, a protecting and guiding member for said elongate component, said member being movable in rotation and translation in a plane parallel to a rotation plane of the joint and containing a passage suitable for accommodating said elongate component; and said passage being shaped essentially like the inner part of a torus, of circular or elliptical cross-section, whose meridian circles have a radius that is at most equal to the minimum radius of curvature of the elongate component in the vicinity of the open ends of said passage.