IP Library Granted Patent US 11,156,026
Granted Patent B1
US 11,156,026 · App. 17/096,023 · Granted Oct 26, 2021

Electronic hinge

Inventor: James Rowland (Bayville, NJ)
Assignee: COMPONENT HARDWARE GROUP, INC.
E05D11/0081E05D3/02E05D5/04E05Y2900/132
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Patent No.
US 11,156,026
App. No.
17/096,023
Granted
Oct 26, 2021
Kind
B1
Abstract

The electronic hinge has a female electrical receptacle assembly mounted in a holding bracket and a male receptacle assembly mounted in and extending from a wire connecting cam of a hollow cam sub-assembly mounted in a hub of a flange assembly.

Claims (9)

1. A hinge comprising

a holding bracket for mounting on a support, said bracket having a support plate with an opening therein and an upstanding housing defining a longitudinally extending cavity therein;

a female electrical receptacle assembly mounted within said cavity of said housing and in communication with said opening to receive an electrical cable;

a female lift style cam mounted within said cavity of said housing in spaced relation to said receptacle assembly;

a flange assembly pivotally mounted on said holding bracket for mounting on a door, said flange assembly including a hollow cam subassembly disposed in mating relation with said female lift style cam and having a wire connecting cam at one end thereof in facing relation to said female electrical receptacle assembly in said holding bracket; and

a male receptacle assembly mounted in and extending from said wire connecting cam into electrical communication with said female electrical receptacle assembly.

2. A hinge as set forth on claim 1 wherein said flange assembly includes a flange door bracket having a hub at one end with a polygonal bore extending therethrough and said hollow cam subassembly includes a pin of polygonal shape matingly received in said bore of said hub to pivot therewith and a male style lift cam having a bore of polygonal shape receiving said pin to pivot therewith.

3. A hinge as set forth in claim 2 wherein said wire connecting cam has a cylindrical stem disposed in said male lift style cam and wherein said flange assembly further includes a cylindrical cam holder disposed in said male lift style cam in opposition to and in press-fit relation with said stem of said wire connecting cam, said cylindrical cam holder having a collar in press-fit relation with a cylindrical interior of said pin.

4. A hinge as set forth in claim 2 wherein said a male receptacle assembly includes at least one wire extending through said hollow cam sub-assembly, said hub, and said flange door bracket.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2022
From: COMPONENT HARDWARE GROUP, INC.
To: ANTARES CAPITAL LP, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 061016/0354 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2020
From: ROWLAND, JAMES; CHUDASAMA, VIRANJITSINH
To: COMPONENT HARDWARE GROUP, INC.
Reel/Frame 054347/0722 →
Cited By (1)
US 12,716,282