| CPC F16C 11/04 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1681 (2013.01)] | 9 Claims |
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1. A hinge connectable with two housing shells for permitting relative opening and closing of the housing shells, comprising:
a fixed seat extending in a front-rear direction and having two elongated sides which extend in the front-rear direction and which are opposite to each other in a left-right direction, and at least two first guideways which are disposed at two sides of a centerline between said two elongated sides, respectively, and which are arcuate;
at least two rotating units disposed at said two sides of said centerline and adjacent to said first guideways, respectively, and connectable with the housing shells, respectively, said rotating units being shiftable between an open state and a closed state, each of said rotating units including a linking member, said linking member having a linking body and a first arcuate key which is disposed on said linking body to be fittingly slidable on a respective one of said first guideways, said linking body having a plate supporting surface which faces upwardly;
two lateral support plates respectively having two inboard plate edges each extending in the front-rear direction, and two support walls extending in the left-right direction from a respective one of said inboard plate edges to terminate at two outboard plate edges, respectively, said support walls being respectively mounted on said plate supporting surfaces of said linking members of said rotating units to be moved with said linking members, each of said lateral support plates having a central notch which is recessed from one of said inboard plate edges in the left-right direction; and
a center support plate movably disposed on said fixed seat and moved with said rotating units,
wherein, in the open state, said inboard plate edges of said lateral support plates are juxtaposed and adjacent to each other, and said center support plate is in a filling position, where said center support plate is disposed in said central notches of said lateral support plates, to permit said lateral support plates and said center support plate to cooperatively conceal said fixed seat in an up-down direction, and, in the closed state, said lateral support plates face each other in the left-right direction, a distance between said inboard plate edges of said lateral support plates is larger than a distance between said outboard plate edges of said lateral support plates, and said center support plate is disposed in an abutting position, where said center support plate abuts against said fixed seat.
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