Hinge arrangement

Abstract

A hinge arrangement having a first hinge part and having a second hinge part, which are connected to one another such that they can pivot, a first hinge pin being formed on the first hinge part, on which a first hinge sleeve is pivotably mounted, which forms a first sliding bearing with the first hinge pin, a dimensionally stable support part being connected to the first hinge sleeve. A first axial protrusion is formed on a first axial end face of the first hinge pin, which engages in an arcuate first groove of the first hinge sleeve, wherein a circumferential first side wall of the first groove together with the first axial end face and an inner side of an end cover fixed at the end of the first hinge sleeve delimits a working space which is filled with a damping fluid for damping a relative movement of the first axial protrusion with respect to the first groove.

Claims

1. A hinge arrangement comprising a first hinge part and a second hinge part, said second hinge part being pivotably connected to the first hinge part, wherein a first hinge pin protrudes from the first hinge part along a hinge axis, and wherein a first hinge sleeve is pivotably mounted on the first hinge pin, which first hinge sleeve forms a first sliding bearing with the first hinge pin, the hinge arrangement further comprising a carrier part connected to the first hinge sleeve, wherein a first axial protrusion is formed on a first axial end face of the first hinge pin, which protrusion engages in an arcuately formed first groove formed in the first hinge sleeve, wherein a circumferential first side wall of the first groove, together with the first axial end face and an inner side of an end cover fixed at the end to the first hinge sleeve, delimits a working space in which a damping fluid is accommodated for damping a relative movement of the first hinge pin, which is provided with the first axial protrusion, with respect to the first hinge sleeve, and wherein a first radially inner movement gap with a first cross-sectional area is formed between the first axial protrusion and a first outwardly facing wall portion of the circumferential side wall of the first groove, and wherein a second, radially outer movement gap with a second cross-sectional area is formed between the first axial protrusion and a second, inwardly pointing wall section of the circumferential side wall of the first groove, and wherein a third, axially aligned movement gap with a third cross-sectional area is formed between the first axial end face of the first hinge pin and an opposite end face of the first hinge sleeve, and wherein a fourth, axially aligned movement gap with a second cross-sectional area is formed between an axial end face of the first axial protrusion and the inner side of the end cover, said axially aligned fourth movement gap being formed with a fourth cross-sectional area dependent on an axial positioning of the end cover.

2. The hinge arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the fourth cross-sectional area is adjustable between 0.1 times and 1.2 times a sum of the first cross-sectional area and the second cross-sectional area and the third cross-sectional area.

3. A hinge arrangement comprising a first hinge part and a second hinge part, said second hinge part being pivotably connected to the first hinge part, wherein a first hinge pin protrudes from the first hinge part along a hinge axis, and wherein a first hinge sleeve is pivotably mounted on the first hinge pin, which first hinge sleeve forms a first sliding bearing with the first hinge pin, the hinge arrangement further comprising a carrier part connected to the first hinge sleeve, wherein a first axial protrusion is formed on a first axial end face of the first hinge pin, which protrusion engages in an arcuately formed first groove formed in the first hinge sleeve, wherein a circumferential first side wall of the first groove, together with the first axial end face and an inner side of an end cover fixed at the end to the first hinge sleeve, delimits a working space in which a damping fluid is accommodated for damping a relative movement of the first hinge pin, which is provided with the first axial protrusion, with respect to the first hinge sleeve, and wherein a second hinge pin is formed on the first hinge part, which second hinge pin is extended along the hinge axis in a direction opposite to the first hinge pin, wherein a second hinge sleeve is pivotably mounted on the second hinge pin, which second hinge sleeve forms a second sliding bearing with the second hinge pin, and wherein a dimensionally stable support part is formed for connecting the first hinge sleeve to the second hinge sleeve, and wherein the first hinge part is penetrated by a longitudinal bore-extending along the hinge axis, in which longitudinal bore a spring device is accommodated, wherein end regions of the spring device are connected to the first hinge pin and the second hinge sleeve respectively.

4. A hinge arrangement comprising a first hinge part and a second hinge part, said second hinge part being pivotably connected to the first hinge part, wherein a first hinge pin protrudes from the first hinge part along a hinge axis, and wherein a first hinge sleeve is pivotably mounted on the first hinge pin, which first hinge sleeve forms a first sliding bearing with the first hinge pin, the hinge arrangement further comprising a carrier part connected to the first hinge sleeve, wherein a first axial protrusion is formed on a first axial end face of the first hinge pin, which protrusion engages in an arcuately formed first groove formed in the first hinge sleeve, wherein a circumferential first side wall of the first groove, together with the first axial end face and an inner side of an end cover fixed at the end to the first hinge sleeve, delimits a working space in which a damping fluid is accommodated for damping a relative movement of the first hinge pin, which is provided with the first axial protrusion, with respect to the first hinge sleeve, and wherein a first sliding sleeve is arranged between the first hinge pin and the first hinge sleeve and/or wherein a sealing ring is arranged in a first support ring fixed in the first hinge sleeve between the first hinge pin and the first hinge sleeve.

5. A hinge arrangement comprising a first hinge part and a second hinge part, said second hinge part being pivotably connected to the first hinge part, wherein a first hinge pin protrudes from the first hinge part along a hinge axis, and wherein a first hinge sleeve is pivotably mounted on the first hinge pin, which first hinge sleeve forms a first sliding bearing with the first hinge pin, the hinge arrangement further comprising a carrier part connected to the first hinge sleeve, wherein a first axial protrusion is formed on a first axial end face of the first hinge pin, which protrusion engages in an arcuately formed first groove formed in the first hinge sleeve, wherein a circumferential first side wall of the first groove, together with the first axial end face and an inner side of an end cover fixed at the end to the first hinge sleeve, delimits a working space in which a damping fluid is accommodated for damping a relative movement of the first hinge pin, which is provided with the first axial protrusion, with respect to the first hinge sleeve, and wherein an annular seal is arranged between the end cover and a first end face of the first hinge sleeve to seal the working space, and wherein the annular seal is arranged between an inner side of the end cover and the end face of the first hinge sleeve.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) An advantageous embodiment of the invention is shown in the drawing. Here shows:

(2) FIG. 1 a perspective overview view of a hinge assembly with a first hinge part and a second hinge part,

(3) FIG. 2 an exploded view of the hinge arrangement according to FIG. 1,

(4) FIG. 3 a detailed view of a first sliding bearing of the hinge arrangement according to FIGS. 1 and 2,

(5) FIG. 4 a front view of the first sliding bearing of the hinge arrangement with the end cap removed, and

(6) FIG. 5 a sectional view through the first sliding bearing.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

(7) A hinge arrangement 1 shown in FIG. 1 comprises, purely by way of example, a first sliding bearing 2 and a second sliding bearing 3, the two sliding bearings 2 and 3 each being designed as pivot bearings and permitting a pivoting movement between a first hinge part 4 and a second hinge part 5 about a hinge axis 6. As can be seen from the illustration of FIG. 2, the first sliding bearing 2 and the second sliding bearing 3 are connected to each other by means of a support part 7, for example by screw connections not specified in more detail, so that a synchronous pivoting movement for the first sliding bearing 2 and the second sliding bearing 3 is always ensured.

(8) Exemplarily, it is provided that the first hinge part 4 comprises a fastening plate 8 which, purely exemplarily, has a flat fastening surface 9 and which is designed to be fixed to an item of equipment not shown in greater detail, for example to a throw-in opening of a waste container (not shown). Furthermore, it is exemplarily provided that the carrier part 7 has a flat fastening surface 10 which can be used for attaching a lid part not shown, with which, for example, the throw-in opening of the waste container (not shown) can be closed. The throw-in opening can be opened by a pivoting movement of the carrier part 7 and of the lid part, which is not shown and is attached thereto, about the hinge axis 6.

(9) As can be seen from FIG. 2, the first hinge part 4 comprises a first hinge pin 15, which extends along the hinge axis 6 and is of substantially circular-cylindrical design, and a second hinge pin 16, which likewise extends along the hinge axis 6 and is arranged at a distance from the first hinge pin 15 and is designed as a circular-cylindrical sleeve. The two hinge pins 15 and 16 each project in opposite directions from a base body 17, which is designed purely exemplarily as a profiled body extending along the hinge axis 6 with a constant, in this case L-shaped, profiling. Each of the hinge pins 15, 16 is provided with a correspondingly designed first hinge sleeve 26 and second hinge sleeve 27, respectively to form the first sliding bearing 2 and the second sliding bearing 3.

(10) By way of example, it is provided that the second hinge pin 16 and the base body 17 are penetrated by a longitudinal bore 18 which is aligned coaxially with the hinge axis 6 and which extends so far into the first hinge pin 15, that a semicircularly formed first end section 20 of a spring device formed as a helical spring 19 can be fixed in a rotationally fixed manner to the first hinge part 4 by means of a dowel pin 22, which can be pressed into a transverse bore 23 aligned transversely to the hinge axis 6.

(11) It is further provided that the helical spring 19 extends into a receiving bore of the second hinge sleeve 27, which receiving bore which is not shown in greater detail and is aligned coaxially with the hinge axis 6 and is in the form of a blind hole. The second hinge sleeve 27 is associated with the second hinge pin 16 and the helical spring 19 can be connected with the second hinge sleeve 27 in a rotationally fixed manner by means of a dowel pin 28 which can be pressed into a transverse bore 29. Since the second hinge sleeve 27 is associated with the second hinge part 5, as will be described in more detail below, a pivoting movement of the second hinge part 5 relative to the first hinge part 4 initiates a torsional movement in the helical spring 19, whereby, depending on the direction of the pivoting movement, either a release of stored spring energy from the helical spring 19 or a storage of spring energy in the helical spring 19 takes place.

(12) Purely by way of example, it is provided that the second hinge sleeve 27 is rotatably received on the second hinge pin 16, wherein to ensure an advantageous sliding bearing between the second hinge sleeve 27 and the second hinge pin 16 a second sliding sleeve 32 is provided, which is in sliding contact with the circular-cylindrical outer surface 34 of the second hinge pin (moon) 16 and with the circular-cylindrical inner surface, not shown in greater detail, of the second hinge sleeve (star) 27. Preferably, it is provided that the first hinge part 4 and the second hinge sleeve 27 are each made of a metallic material, in particular aluminum, and in that the second sliding sleeve 32 is made of a rigid plastic material.

(13) The structure of the first sliding bearing 2 differs from the structure of the second sliding bearing 3 in that the first sliding bearing 2 has a damping device 12 described in more detail below. The task of the damping device 12 is to brake a pivoting movement between the first hinge part 4 and the second hinge part 5 and thus to enable a comfortable and safe pivoting movement of a second device part, not shown, attacked to the second hinge part 5 with respect to a first device part, also not shown, to which the first hinge part 4 is fixed.

(14) The components of the damping device 12 can be seen in the illustrations of FIGS. 3 to 5.

(15) From the illustration of FIG. 3 it can be seen that the first hinge pin (moon) 15 is provided with an annular circumferential groove 40, which is designed to receive a first sealing ring 41, which is designed purely exemplarily as an O-ring and is made of a rubber-elastic material. The sealing ring 41 is thus provided to lie with its inner circumferential surface 42 sealingly in the groove 40 and with its outer circumferential surface 43 sealingly in an annular groove 45 of a carrier ring 44. As an example the carrier ring 44 has an annular geometry and is provided with a circular-cylindrical outer surface 46 for force-fit attachment to an inner surface 53 of a through-bore 52 of the first hinge sleeve (star) 26. Thereby, the through bore 52 extends with a purely exemplary circular cross-section along the hinge axis 6 through the first hinge sleeve 26. For an advantageous sliding bearing between the first hinge pin 15 and the first hinge sleeve 26, a first sliding sleeve 31 with a circular cross-section is provided, which bears with a circular-cylindrical outer surface 35 against the circular-cylindrical inner surface 53 of the first hinge sleeve 26 and which bears with a circular-cylindrical inner surface 36 against the circular-cylindrical outer surface 33 of the first hinge pin 15.

(16) A first axial protrusion 55 and a second axial protrusion 56 are arranged on a first axial end face 54 of the first hinge pin 15, which is aligned transversely with respect to the hinge axis 6 and is of a planar design, wherein the axial protrusions 55, 56 extend along the hinge axis 6 in a spatial direction away from the second hinge pin 16. Exemplarily, the first axial protrusion 55 and the second axial protrusion 56 are formed point-symmetrically with respect to a point of symmetry that results from an intersection between the hinge axis 6 and the first axial end surface 54. As can be seen from the representation of FIG. 4, the first axial protrusion 55 and the second axial protrusion 56 each have a profiling in the form of a circular ring section in a cross-sectional plane aligned transversely to the hinge axis 6 and corresponding to the representation plane of FIG. 4. Purely by way of example, it is provided that the profiling of the first axial protrusion 55 and of the second axial protrusion 56, which is in the form of a circular ring section, each extends over an angular range of approx. 40 degrees.

(17) As can be seen from the illustration of FIG. 5, the through bore 52 includes a first bore portion 57 having a first diameter 59 greater than a second diameter 60 of a second bore portion 58. It is further provided that a ridge 61 is formed in the second bore portion 58, which ridge 61 is also visible in FIG. 4 and extends along the second diameter 60. The ridge 61 forms with the second bore section 58 a first groove 62 and a second groove 63, each of which has a profiling in the form of a circular ring section in a cross-sectional plane aligned transversely to the hinge axis 6 and corresponding to the plane of representation of FIG. 4. Purely by way of example, it is provided that the profiling of the first groove 62 and the second groove 63, which is in the form of a circular ring section, each extends over an angular range of approx. 135 degrees.

(18) By way of example, the geometric configuration of the first axial protrusion 55 engaging the first groove 62 and the second axial protrusion 56 engaging the second groove 63 described above enables the first hinge part 4 to pivot relative to the second hinge part 5 about the hinge axis 6 over an angular range of approximately 95 degrees.

(19) The operation of the damping device 12 is described below with reference to the interaction between the first axial protrusion 55, the first groove 62 and a damping fluid not shown in detail, this operation being equally applicable to the interaction between the second axial protrusion 56, the second groove 63 and the damping fluid not shown in detail.

(20) The first groove 62 has a circumferential first side wall 65 comprising a first, outwardly facing wall portion 66 and a second, inwardly projecting wall portion 67, both wall portions 66, 67 each having a circular arc portion-shaped pros filing in a cross-sectional plane oriented transversely to the hinge axis 6 and corresponding to the plane of representation of FIG. 4. The two wall sections 66, 67 are connected to each other by a first connecting section 68 and a second connecting section 69, respectively.

(21) A first movement gap 74 shown in FIG. 4 is formed between an arc-sectionally profiled inner surface 70 of the first axial protrusion 55 and the first wall section 66. Furthermore, a second movement gap 75 is formed between an outer surface 71 of the first axial protrusion 55, which is profiled in the shape of an arc section, and the second wall section 67. In addition, an end surface 64 of the ridge 61 and the first axial end surface 54 form a third movement gap 76. A fourth movement gap 77 is formed between a first axial end surface 72 of the first axial protrusion 55 and an inner surface 83 of an end cover 82.

(22) Purely by way of example, the end cover 82 is formed rotationally symmetrically with respect to the hinge axis 6 and comprises a threaded pin 84 extending along the hinge axis 6 from the exemplarily planar inner surface 83 aligned transversely with respect to the hinge axis 6, the threaded pin 84 being provided with an undesignated external thread. The external thread of the threaded pin 84 is provided for engagement in a threaded bore 85 which is made in the ridge 61 coaxially with the hinge axis 6 and which, together with the threaded pin 84, forms a screw connection 86. On the one hand, this screw connection 86 can be used to fix the end cover 82 to the first hinge sleeve 26. On the other hand, this screw connection 86 enables an adjustment of a distance 90 between the inner side 83 of the end cover 82 and a first end surface 37 of the first hinge sleeve 26. This distance adjustment also provides an adjustment of a cross-section of the fourth movement gap 77, whereby the characteristics of the damping device 12 can be influenced.

(23) The operation of the damping device 12 is based on the fact that the first side wall 65 of the first groove 62 shown in FIG. 4, the first axial end face 54 of the first hinge pin 15 and the inner side 83 of the end cover 82 delimit a working space 91. In order to ensure a sealing effect between the inner side 83 of the end cover 82 and the first end face 37 of the first hinge sleeve 26 and thus seal the working space 91, a sealing ring 87 is provided which is arranged between the first end face 37 and the inner side 83. The sealing ring 87 is made of a rubber-elastic material and, purely by way of example, is accommodated in a circumferential groove 38 of the first end face 37 and, due to its elasticity, can ensure a sealing effect between the end cover 82 and the first hinge sleeve 26 over a certain distance interval.

(24) On the one hand, the first axial protrusion 55 engages in the working space 91, and on the other hand, this working space 91 is preferably completely filled with a damping fluid which is not shown, for example a mineral or synthetic oil, in particular a silicone oil. Accordingly, during a relative movement between the first hinge part 4 and the second hinge part 5, a relative movement of the first axial protrusion 55 with respect to the first groove 62 also occurs. Since the working space 91 is preferably completely filled with the damping fluid, in order to perform this relative movement between the first axial protrusion 55 and the first groove 62, it is necessary for the damping fluid to be displaced by the first axial protrusion 55 from a first variable-size working space portion 92 and to flow into a second variable-size working space portion 93. Since the damping fluid can only flow through the movement gaps 74 to 77 in this case, which provide a considerable flow resistance for the damping fluid, the desired damping of the relative movement between the first hinge part 4 and the second hinge part 5 is ensured.

(25) By adjusting the distance 90, the elastic deformation of the sealing ring 87 is changed on the one hand. On the other hand, this influences the cross-section for the fourth movement gap 77, so that a total cross-section available for a flow of the damping fluid, which can be determined on the basis of the individual cross-sections of the movement gaps 74 to 77, can be varied in order to influence the desired damping effect for the hinge arrangement 1.