Patent ID: 7063042
Filing Date: 2006-06-20
Classification: E05D,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A hinge comprising: a first leaf having a plate and a gear segment along one side of the plate and also having a cutout in the plate and gear segment, with the cutout interrupting the gear segment; a second leaf having a plate and a gear segment and also having a cutout in its plate and gear segment, with the cutout interrupting its gear segment, the gear segment of the second leaf meshing the gear segment of the first leaf; the cutout in the second leaf along the gear segment of the second leaf opening toward the cutout in the first leaf along the gear segment in the first leaf; a cap extended over the gear segments of the first and second leaves to maintain the gear segments meshed, while still allowing one leaf to pivot relative to the other leaf, the cap having a channel-like interior; a first pivot member in the cutout of the first leaf; a second pivot member in the cutout of the second leaf, the second member together with the first member obscuring the interior of the cap in the region of the cutouts in the leaves; and an electrical conductor attached to the first and second pivot members and between the pivot members extending though interior of the cap in the region of that interior which is obscured by the cooperating first and second pivot members; the first and second pivot members and the conductor being removable from the cutouts in the leaves without disassembling the hinge.