Patent ID: 7334292
Filing Date: 2008-02-26
Classification: E05F,E05Y,H04M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A hinge device comprising: a first hinge member provided at one and the other end part thereof with mutually opposing first and second support arm parts, a second hinge member provided with a connecting cylindrical part disposed between said first and second support arm parts in such a manner as to be turnable about a rotation axis, and a damper unit including: wherein a support through-hole passing on said rotation axis is formed in said first support arm part, wherein a support hole is formed in an opposing surface with respect to said first support arm part of said second support arm part with an axis thereof aligned with that of said support through-hole, wherein a front end part of a hinge pin inserted in said support through-hole through an outer opening part of said support through-hole and passing through said connecting cylindrical part is received within and adjacent to said support hole, wherein a rear end part of said hinge pin is received within and adjacent to said support through-hole, wherein said hinge pin is received within and adjacent to opposite end parts of said connecting cylindrical part, thereby turnably connecting said first and second support arm parts with said connecting cylindrical part through said hinge pin, wherein at least one of said stator and the other end part of said rotor of said damper unit is non-turnably received in a receiving hole formed in at least one of a front end face and a rear end face of said hinge pin, wherein the other of said stator and the other end part of said rotor is non-turnably received in one of said support through-hole and said support hole, to which one end part of said hinge pin, where said receiving hole is formed therein, is fitted, wherein a coiled spring turn biases said connecting cylindrical part with respect to at least one of said first support arm part and said second support arm part, and wherein said coiled spring is disposed between an inner peripheral surface of said connecting cylindrical part and an outer peripheral surface of said hinge pin.