Patent ID: 8307512

Claim:
A hinge apparatus, comprising: a housing side attachment member; a door side attachment member; first, second and third links, one end portions of the first, second and third links connected to the housing side attachment member such that the first, second and third links are respectively rotatable about first, second and third rotation axes parallel to one another, the other end portions of the first, second and third links connected to the door side attachment member such that the first, second and third links are respectively rotatable about fourth, fifth and sixth rotation axes parallel to the first, second and third rotation axes; and a parallel link mechanism constituted by the housing side attachment member, the door side attachment member, and the first, second and third links, the first, second and third links being arranged in that order, spaced from one another in a direction of the rotation axes thereof, the housing side attachment member having first and second housing side attachment members formed as separate components and arranged to be spaced from each other in the direction of the first, second and third rotation axes, the one end portion of the first link connected to the first housing side attachment member such that the first link is rotatable about the first rotation axis, a one side portion of the one end portion of the second link in the direction of the rotation axis connected to the first housing side attachment member such that the second link is rotatable about the second rotation axis, the other side portion of the one end portion of the second link in the direction of the rotation axis connected to the second housing side attachment member such that the second link is rotatable about the second rotation axis, the one end portion of the third link connected to the second housing side attachment member such that the third link is rotatable about the third rotation axis, the door side attachment member having first and second door side attachment members formed as separate components and arranged to be spaced from each other in the direction of the fourth, fifth and sixth rotation axes, the other end portion of the first link connected to the first door side attachment member such that the first link is rotatable about the fourth rotation axis, a one side portion of the other end portion of the second link in the direction of the rotation axis connected to the first door side attachment member such that the second link is rotatable about the fourth rotation axis, the other side portion of the other end portion of the second link in the direction of the rotation axis connected to the second door side attachment member such that the second link is rotatable about the fifth rotation axis, and the other end portion of the third link connected to the second door side attachment member such that the third link is rotatable about the sixth rotation axis.