Metal cabinet with electrically conductive hinges

• US 10,407,956 B2
• Filed: 10/22/2018
• Issued: 09/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zhongshan Fulsun Home Improvement Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Zhongshan Fulsun Home Improvement Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Zhu, Ling, Lu, Maolin
• Primary Examiner(s): Rohrhoff, Daniel J
• Application Number:
  US16/166,163
• Publication Number:
  US 20190055764A1
• Time in Patent Office: 323 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 67/005 Mirror cabinets; Dressing-tables
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 11/00 Additional features or accessories of hinges edge protecting devices E06B3/88
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 11/0081 for transmitting energy, e.g. electrical cable routing
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 3/142 with at least one of the hinge parts having a cup-shaped fixing part, e.g. for attachment to cabinets or furniture E05D11/1021 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2800/106 Lighting
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/20 for furniture, e.g. cabinets
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/208 for metal cabinets
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 7/28 Other arrangements on doors or windows, e.g. door-plates, windows adapted to carry plants, hooks for window cleaners edge protecting devices for door leaves E06B3/88; special glazing; emergency glazing; double glazing E06B3/66
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/001 the elements being electrical wires or cables
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/0012 Furniture hospital beds F21V33/0072
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

A metal cabinet with electrically conductive hinges comprises a cabinet body and a cabinet door that are made of an electrically conductive metal. An LED luminous body is disposed in the cabinet door, and at least two electrically conductive hinges for enabling the cabinet door to rotate relative to the cabinet body are disposed between the cabinet door and the cabinet body. Each of the hinges comprises a first hinge body and a second hinge body. The first hinge body is connected to a first electrically conducts wire connecting the first hinge body to a power supply. A first outer insulation pad is disposed between the first hinge body and the cabinet body. The second hinge body is connected to a second electrically conductive wire connecting the second hinge body to the LED luminous body. A second outer insulation pad is disposed between the second hinge body and the cabinet door.

Claims

1. A metal cabinet with electrically conductive hinges, comprising a cabinet body (1) and a cabinet door (2) that are made of an electrically conductive metal, wherein an LED luminous body is disposed in the cabinet door (2);

at least two electrically conductive hinges (3) for enabling the cabinet door (2) to rotate relative to the cabinet body (1) are disposed between the cabinet door (2) and the cabinet body (1), at least one of the hinges (3) is connected to a negative electrode of the LED luminous body, and at least one of the hinges (3) is connected to a positive electrode of the LED luminous body;

each of the hinges (3) comprises a first hinge body (31) fixedly connected to the cabinet body (1) and a second hinge body (32) fixedly connected to the cabinet door (2);

the first hinge body (31) is connected to a first electrically conductive wire (4) connecting the first hinge body (31) to a power supply;

a first outer insulation pad (5) is disposed between the first hinge body (31) and the cabinet body (1);

the second hinge body (32) is connected to a second electrically conductive wire (6) connecting the second hinge body (32) to the LED luminous body, and a second outer insulation pad (7) is disposed between the second hinge body (32) and the cabinet door (2).

2. The metal cabinet according to claim 1, wherein a second electrically conductive sheet (8) connecting to the second electrically conductive wire (6) is disposed in the cabinet door (2), a second inner insulation pad (9) is disposed between the second electrically conductive sheet (8) and the cabinet door (2), the second hinge body (32) is connected to the second electrically conductive sheet (8) through a second fixing screw (10), the second fixing screw (10) passes through the second outer insulation pad (7), the cabinet door (2) and the second inner insulation pad (9), and the second fixing screw (10) and the cabinet door (2) are in non-contact state.

3. The metal cabinet according to claim 2, wherein an annular second wire ear (11) is disposed to an end of the second electrically conductive wire (6), the second wire ear (11) is connected to the second electrically conductive sheet (8) through a second electrically conductive screw (12), the second electrically conductive screw (12) passes through the second outer insulation pad (7), the cabinet door (2), the second inner insulation pad (9), the second electrically conductive sheet (8) and the second wire ear (11) the second electrically conductive screw (12) and the cabinet door (2) are in non-contact state, and a second electrically conductive nut (13) is engaged with an end of the second electrically conductive screw (12) to lock the second electrically conductive sheet (8) and the second wire ear (11).

4. The metal cabinet according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of second bulges (14) passing through the cabinet door (2) are defined at a side of the second outer insulation pad (7) and are integrally formed with the second outer insulation pad (7);

and the second fixing screw (10) and the second electrically conductive screw (12) are inserted into the second bulges (14) respectively.

5. The metal cabinet according to claim 1, wherein a first electrically conductive sheet (15) connecting to the first electrically conductive wire (4) is disposed in the cabinet body (1), and a first inner insulation pad (16) is disposed between the first electrically conductive sheet (15) and the cabinet body (1);

the first hinge body (31) is connected to the first electrically conductive sheet (15) through a first fixing screw (17), the first fixing screw (17) passes through the first outer insulation pad (5), the cabinet body (1) and the first inner insulation pad (16); and

the first fixing screw (17) and the cabinet body (1) are in non-contact state.

6. The metal cabinet according to claim 5, wherein an annular first wire ear (18) is disposed to an end of the first electrically conductive wire (4), the first wire ear (18) is connected to the first electrically conductive sheet (15) through a first electrically conductive screw (19), the first electrically conductive screw (19) passes through the first outer insulation pad (5), the cabinet body (1), the first inner insulation pad (16), the first electrically conductive sheet (15) and the first wire ear (18), the first electrically conductive screw (19) and the cabinet body (1) are in non-contact state, and a first electrically conductive nut (20) is engaged with an end of the first electrically conductive screw (19) to lock the first electrically conductive sheet (15) and the first wire ear (18).

7. The metal cabinet according to claim 6, wherein a plurality of first bulges (21) passing through the cabinet body (1) are defined at a side of the first outer insulation pad (5) and are integrally formed with the first outer insulation pad (5), and the first fixing screw (17) and the first electrically conductive screw (19) are inserted into the first bulges (21) respectively.

8. The metal cabinet according to claim 5, wherein a glass mirror is disposed to the cabinet door (2).