A hinge assembly for moveably coupling a door with a cabinet of a home appliance includes a first hinge plate coupled with the cabinet and a second hinge plate coupled with the door and moveable relative to the first hinge plate about a pivot pin. One of the first hinge plate and the second hinge plate includes a step vertically offset from a body of the hinge plate. When the door is moved into the open position, the second hinge plate travels downward relative to the first hinge plate due to the step. The step is configured to inhibit movement of the door to the closed position until a vertical force is applied to lift the second hinge plate relative to the first hinge plate into a closed position.

A refrigerator includes a main body, a storage chamber formed inside the main body, a door coupled to the main body to open and close the storage chamber, and a hinge coupled to the main body to rotatably support the door, the door includes a lower plate forming a lower surface of the door and a door cap coupled to the lower plate and having a hinge groove, the hinge includes a shaft inserted into the hinge groove, and the shaft includes a door closing preventer configured to prevent the door from being automatically closed in a state in which the door is opened.

A hinge device includes a support member, a pivotable member supported by the support member, a first gear located at one of the support member and the pivotable member, a second gear located at the other of the support member and the pivotable member, a friction member configured to apply rotational frictional resistance to the second gear, and means for disengaging. The pivotable member is configured to pivot about a pivot axis between a closed position and a different position where the pivotable member is in a position that is different from the closed position. The second gear is configured to rotate in engagement with the first gear based on pivoting of the pivotable member. When the pivotable member is at the closed position, the means for disengaging disengages the first gear and the second gear from each other.

A folding joint for attaching a rear view device includes a first hinge section, a second hinge section, the first and second hinge sections being adapted to rotate relative to each other around an axis of rotation, at least one detent or recessed surface including two depressions or recesses, a spring biased cam section which is adapted to interact with the at least one detent or recessed surface for adjustably locking the rotational movement of the first and second hinge sections relative to each other, a hinge pin at least in part coinciding with the axis of rotation, the hinge pin being adapted to rotatably connect the first and second hinge sections, and including a guide pin extending essentially perpendicularly from the hinge pin, and a spring biased clamping bolt arranged on the guide pin.

Examples of hinge assemblies are described. In an example implementation, a hinge assembly includes hinge elements which are interconnected to move the hinge assembly between a folded position and an unfolded position. The hinge assembly further includes elastic members disposed between the hinge elements at a first side and a second side thereof. When the hinge assembly is moved from the unfolded position towards the folded position, elastic members at the first side are decompressed and elastic members at the second side are stretched. When the hinge assembly is moved from the folded position towards the unfolded position, elastic members at the first side are compressed and the elastic members at the second side are destretched.

Examples herein relate to a hinge. In some examples, a hinge can include a first bracket connected to a shaft, a second bracket connected to the first bracket, a member connected to the shaft and magnetically attracted to a magnet at a first position, where the member translates relative to the magnet to a second position as the shaft rotates about an axis of the shaft, and the magnet to generate a magnetic attraction force between the member and the magnet, where the magnetic attraction force is higher at the second position than the first position.

A pivoting assembly for an electronic device, being a clickable-open and clickable-shut cover or shield with click-step positioning includes a pivoting shaft extending along an imaginary axis, an inner movable member, an intermediate movable member, and an outer stationary member concentrically surrounding the imaginary axis. First positioning structures and first engaging structures are connected to one of the inner movable member and the intermediate movable member and a number of second positioning structures and second engaging structures are also so connected. When the pivoting shaft is rotated in an opening direction, the first positioning structures compress and slide across the first engaging structures. When the pivoting shaft is rotated in a closing direction, the second positioning structures compress and slide across the second engaging structures.

A hinge module includes a base, a torsional force providing structure, two axles, two brackets, and at least one fixing component. The base has at least one first concave. The torsional force providing structure is disposed in the base and has two torsional force providing portions. The two axles penetrate the two torsional force providing portions respectively. The two brackets are connected to the two axles respectively. The fixing component is disposed in the first concave and abuts the torsional force providing structure, such that the torsional force providing structure is fixed to the base. In addition, an electronic device including the hinge module is also provided.

Hinge fitting for swivelable elements like for example arm rests, head portions of furniture for sitting or lying, and the like, comprising a swivel element which has a bore for receiving a hinge pin, and a holding element with a circular recess, in which a clamping disc on the hinge pin is rotatably arranged, wherein the clamping disc allows a rotational movement in a rotation direction relative to the holding element and blocks a rotational movement in the opposite direction, and wherein on the side of the swivel element there is provided at least a spring element, which presses the swivel element in axial direction of the hinge pin against the clamping disc.

A snap-acting hinge with damped closure and opening angle of more than 90, comprising a first articulated quadrilateral and a second articulated quadrilateral, which have a first lever and a second lever in common and are provided with respective base elements constituted by a plate for coupling to a fixed element and by a plate for fixing to a movable element, the hinge being movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration; the hinge further comprises first elastic elements for holding the open configuration which are associated with the first quadrilateral, second elastic elements for holding the closed configuration which are associated with the second quadrilateral and a damper that acts in the transition from the open configuration to the closed configuration and which is interposed between the first lever and the fixing plate.