Patent ID: 8631542

Claim:
A hinge, comprising: a pivot shaft defining a friction surface and a positioning surface on the periphery thereof, a radius between a center of axis of said pivot shaft and said friction surface being greater than a radius between the center of axis of said pivot shaft and said positioning surface; and a knuckle surrounding said pivot shaft, said knuckle comprising a base portion for stopping against said positioning surface of said pivot shaft to hold said pivot shaft in position, an upright bearing portion extended from one side of said base portion, a circularly curved constraint portion, an elastic buffer portion connected between said upright bearing portion and said circularly curved constraint portion, an opening defined between a free end of said circularly curved constraint portion and said base portion remote from said upright bearing portion and a flexible space defined between said elastic buffer portion and said friction surface for absorbing stress generated upon displacement of said circularly curved constraint portion due to rotation of said pivot shaft relative to said knuckle; wherein said friction surface of said pivot shaft and said elastic buffer portion of said knuckle are circularly curved, the curvature of said elastic buffer portion being smaller than the curvature of said friction surface to define the flexible space, and wherein the flexible space is present both when the positioning surface abuts the base portion and does not abut the base portion, the flexible space being reduced in size when the positioning surface does not abut the base portion as compared to when the positioning surface abuts the base portion.