Patent ID: 8490248

Claim:
A hinge comprising: a stationary frame; a resisting assembly mounted in the stationary frame and having at least one resilient element; an eccentric sleeve rotatably connected to the stationary frame and abutting against the resisting assembly, with the eccentric sleeve having an initial sector, a lifting sector, and a steady sector defined in sequence on the eccentric sleeve, with each sector having a radius, wherein the radius of the initial sector is smaller than that of the steady sector, wherein the radius of the lifting sector is gradually increased; a pintle rotatably inserted into the eccentric sleeve and non-rotatably attached to the stationary frame; and a connecting bracket connected to eccentric sleeve; with the connecting bracket further comprising a connecting sleeve connecting with the eccentric sleeve, wherein the connecting sleeve has two protrusions formed separately on an end thereof; wherein the eccentric sleeve has two protrusions formed separately on an end thereof and respectively engaging between the two protrusions of the connecting sleeve, wherein the stationary frame has a stop, and wherein the connecting sleeve further has an arc limit selectively abutting the stop.