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Granted Patent B2
US 10,352,081 · App. 15/512,695 · Granted Jul 16, 2019

Furniture hinge

Inventors: Artur Hirtsiefer (Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, DE); Bernd Rödder (Ruppichteroth, DE); Nurettin Güzeltepe (Istanbul, TR)
Assignee: Samet Kalip Ve Maden Esya San. Ve Tic. A.S.
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Patent No.
US 10,352,081
App. No.
15/512,695
Granted
Jul 16, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a furniture hinge ( 10 ) with a hinge arm ( 20 ) and a fastening portion ( 30 ), wherein the hinge arm ( 20 ) and the fastening portion ( 30 ) are pivotably connected to one another via a multi-axis articulated connection ( 40 ), and wherein a damping element ( 60 ), which damps in a deflection direction, for damping the movement of the hinge arm ( 20 ) and a spring ( 76 ) for adjusting the hinge arm ( 20 ) with respect to the fastening portion ( 30 ) are provided. It is provided here that the damping element ( 60 ) is mounted in such a way that, during a folding movement of the hinge arm ( 20 ) from a first end position into a second end position, a maximum or a minimum deflection of the damping element ( 60 ) is carried out within an adjusting movement of the damping element ( 60 ) caused by said folding movement. As a result, a furniture hinge which can be produced cost-effectively and which allows damped opening and closing of the hinge arm is provided.

Claims (42)

1. A furniture hinge ( 10 ) having a hinge arm ( 20 ) and a fastening portion ( 30 ), wherein the hinge arm ( 20 ) and the fastening portion ( 30 ) are pivotably inter-connected through an articulation connection ( 40 ) including an articulation element ( 43 ), and wherein a damper element ( 60 ) is connected to the articulation element ( 43 ), and to a movable lever ( 70 ) which is pivotably connected to the articulation element ( 43 ) and mounted so as to be pivotable about a first rotation axis ( 44 ), and wherein the damper element ( 60 ) damps in a deflection direction for damping the movement of the hinge arm ( 20 ), the articulation element ( 43 ) forms the first rotation axis ( 44 ), and the articulation element ( 43 ) is re-adjustable about a second rotation axis that is formed by a first articulation ( 41 . 1 ), and a spring ( 76 ) is included for readjusting the hinge arm in relation to the fastening portion ( 30 )

characterized in

that the damper element ( 60 ) is mounted in such a manner that during a folding motion of the hinge arm ( 20 ) from a first terminal position to a second terminal position, maximum or minimum deflection of the damper element ( 60 ) is performed within a readjustment motion of the damper element that is caused by said folding motion.

2. The furniture hinge ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein

the deflection of the damper element ( 60 ) in the first terminal position of the hinge arm ( 20 ) deviates from the deflection in the second terminal position of the hinge arm ( 20 ).

3. The furniture hinge ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein

the damper element ( 60 ) is mounted in the region of two support bearings, and in that, during readjustment of the furniture hinge ( 10 ) from the first terminal position to the second terminal position, a connection line that runs through the support bearings, or the extension of said connection line, crosses the first rotation axis ( 44 ).

4. The furniture hinge ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein

the movable lever ( 70 ) is connected to the articulation connection ( 40 ), and is connected to both a connection lever ( 72 ) as well as to a spring tensioner ( 80 ) in such a manner that the spring ( 76 ) that is held between the connection lever ( 72 ) and the spring tensioner ( 80 ) is tensionable or relaxable during readjustment between the two terminal positions.

5. The furniture hinge ( 10 ) as claimed claim 1 ,

wherein

the spring ( 76 ) is connected to a tensioning element ( 84 ), and in that the spring bias of the spring ( 76 ) is adjustable by means of the tensioning element ( 84 ).

6. The furniture hinge ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein

the movable lever ( 70 ) is connected indirectly or directly to the spring ( 76 ) that, depending on the position of the hinge arm ( 20 ), is variously intensely deflected in such a manner that a variable compression force, depending on the position of the hinge arm ( 20 ), is transmitted to the articulation element ( 43 ) by way of the movable lever ( 70 ).

7. The furniture hinge ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein

an adjustment device by way of which the damping stroke and/or the damping force of the damper element ( 60 ) is adjustable prior to the first and/or the second terminal position being reached is provided.

8. The furniture hinge ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein

the damper element ( 60 ) is indirectly or directly coupled to the articulation connection ( 40 ) by way of a guide element ( 45 ), and in that the guide element ( 45 ) for adjusting the damping stroke of the damper element ( 60 ) is adjustable by means of an adjustment element ( 50 ) of the adjustment device on a guide ( 46 ).

9. The furniture hinge ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein

a maximum movement of the guide element ( 45 ) is adjustable by way of a movable detent at a variable end ( 46 . 1 ) of the guide ( 46 ).

10. The furniture hinge ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 8 ,

wherein

the guide element ( 45 ) during outward folding of the hinge arm ( 20 ), after passing the maximum or the minimum deflection of the damper element ( 60 ), bears on one end ( 46 . 1 , 46 . 2 ) of the guide ( 46 ).

11. The furniture hinge ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 8 ,

wherein

the guide ( 46 ) is disposed on the articulation element ( 20 ).

12. The furniture hinge ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 9 ,

wherein

the detent is formed by an eccentric ( 52 ) that is rotatably mounted on the articulation element ( 20 ) and that, depending on the rotation thereof, keeps the guide element ( 46 ) at a variable spacing from the rotation axis thereof.

13. The furniture hinge ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein

the first terminal position of the hinge arm ( 20 ) is assigned to an inwardly folded hinge arm ( 20 ), and the second terminal position is assigned to an outwardly folded hinge arm ( 20 ), and in that the readjustment of the damper element ( 60 ) between the minimum or the maximum deflection and the deflection in the first terminal position of the hinge arm ( 20 ) is larger than the readjustment of the damper element ( 60 ) between the minimum or the maximum de-flection and the deflection in the second terminal position of the hinge arm ( 20 ).

14. The furniture hinge ( 10 ) as claimed in claim 13 ,

wherein

a linear damper is provided as the damper element ( 60 ).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2017
From: HIRTSIEFER, ARTUR; RÖDDER, BERND; GÜZELTEPE, NURETTIN
To: SAMET KALIP VE MADEN ESYA SAN. VE TIC. A.S.
Reel/Frame 041644/0994 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2014 113 970 · Sep 26, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170247923A1 · Aug 31, 2017
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