Patent ID: 6543088
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: E05D,E05Y,G06F,H04M,Y10T

Abstract:
A hinge assembly comprising a first support sleeve portion and a second support sleeve portion disposed at a device main body and a rotating body respectively with axes thereof aligned and a hinge body having two end portions, the two end portions of said hinge body being inserted into said first support sleeve portion and said second support sleeve portion respectively, thereby pivotably connecting said device main body and said rotating body together,said first support sleeve portion having both ends open, while said second support sleeve portion having a bottom portion and an open end, said hinge body being inserted into said first support sleeve portion from one end portion thereof located away from said second support sleeve portion, passing through said first support sleeve portion, and being inserted into said second sleeve portion, said hinge assembly further comprising an engagement mechanism disposed between an inner peripheral surface of said first support sleeve portion and said hinge body and adapted to prohibit said hinge body from escaping from said first support sleeve portion and said second support sleeve portion in the direction from said second support sleeve portion side to said first support sleeve portion side, said engagement mechanism includes an engagement recess portion formed in the inner peripheral surface of said first support sleeve portion and a totally elastically deformable engagement piece, such that a basal end portion of said engagement piece is integral with said hinge body and a distal end portion thereof is displaceable in a radial direction of said hinge body, the distal end portion of said engagement piece being displaced radially outward so as to be inserted into said engagement recess portion, a distal end surface of said engagement piece is abutted with a side surface of said engagement recess portion which faces in the direction from said first support sleeve portion side to said second support sleeve portion side, thereby said hinge body is prohibited from escaping from said first and second support sleeve portions in the direction from said second support sleeve portion side to said first support sleeve portion side.