US 11,789,500 B2
Single-axis hinge
Shih-Pin Yang, New Taipei (TW); and Jien-Yao Peng, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to SINHER TECHNOLOGY INC., New Taipei (TW)
Filed by Sinher Technology Inc., New Taipei (TW)
Filed on May 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/736,674.
Claims priority of application No. 110205282 (TW), filed on May 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0365572 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); E05D 3/04 (2006.01); E05D 11/06 (2006.01); E05D 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1681 (2013.01) [E05D 3/04 (2013.01); E05D 5/06 (2013.01); E05D 11/06 (2013.01); E05Y 2800/10 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/606 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A single-axis hinge comprising:
a base comprising a first shaft mounting hole, a stand drive shaft mounting hole disposed side by side with the first shaft mounting hole, and a path located between the first shaft mounting hole and the stand drive shaft mounting hole;
a movable plate formed with a second shaft mounting hole and a limiting notch communicating with the second shaft mounting hole;
a limiting block installed in the path and capable of moving in the path when being pushed;
a rotating shaft passing through the first shaft mounting hole and the second shaft mounting hole, the rotating shaft being provided with a driving block and a first cam disposed corresponding to the limiting block to push the limiting block when the rotating shaft rotating, an edge of the driving block being formed with a protruding portion inserted into the limiting notch and a transmission teeth portion which is not completely surround the edge; and
a stand set comprising a stand drive shaft disposed in the stand drive shaft mounting hole and linked with the rotating shaft, and a support stand driven by the stand drive shaft to form a supporting angle relative to the base, the stand drive shaft comprising a gear meshing with the transmission teeth portion and a second cam disposed corresponding to the limiting block, the second cam being formed with a positioning notch into which the limiting block being stuck when being pushed by the first cam, when the limiting block being stuck in the positioning notch, the stand drive shaft being restricted from rotating.