Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hinge with minimized free play
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Application No.: US15334978Application Date: 2016-10-26
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Publication No.: US10066429B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Daniel Clark Park , Brian Bitz , Brett Andrew Tomky
- Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC
- Main IPC: E05D1/04
- IPC: E05D1/04 ; G06F1/16 ; F16M11/38 ; E05D11/08

Abstract:
Disclosed herein are hinge devices having reduced or minimized free play. Specifically, disclosed herein are hinge devices having surface elements positioned on a surface of a hinge component to reduce or eliminate any free play present between interacting hinge components. In one or more embodiments, the hinge includes a first hinge component having a first guide and a second hinge component having a second guide, wherein the second hinge component is rotatably mounted on at least one surface of the first hinge component such that the first guide is positioned within the second guide or the second guide is positioned within the first guide. At least one surface element is disposed on a surface of the first guide or the second guide to provide a reduction in free play at a location of the at least one surface element.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180113491A1 HINGE WITH MINIMIZED FREE PLAY Public/Granted day:2018-04-26
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