Swivel bearing

• US 20040151411A1
• Filed: 02/05/2003
• Published: 08/05/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chun Piao Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Chun Piao Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chang, Chin Pao
• Application Number:
  US10/358,352
• Publication Number:
  US 20040151411A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 384/247
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/162 changing, e.g. reversing, the face orientation of the screen with a two degrees of freedom mechanism, e.g. for folding into tablet PC like position or orienting towards the direction opposite to the user to show to a second user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1681 Details related solely to hinges hinge details related to the transmission of signals or power are classified in G06F1/1683

Abstract

A swivel bearing includes a base for connecting to a first member and a swivel gear for connecting to a second member to be turned relative to the first member. The base is provided on a top with a substantially ring-shaped receiving seat, into which the swivel gear is rotatably mounted. A threaded hole is provided on a predetermined position on the receiving seat for a screwing element to screw thereinto and set the receiving seat to a desired tightness relative to the swivel gear mounted therein. Thus, the second member may be turned to locate at a desired angular position relative to the first member.

Claims

1. A swivel bearing, comprising:

a base for connecting to a first member and being provided at a top with a receiving seat, said receiving seat being provided at a predetermined position with a threaded hole for a screwing element to screw thereinto and thereby set said receiving seat to different tightness; and

a swivel gear being rotatably mounted in said receiving seat of said base for connecting to a second member to be turned relative to said first member;

whereby a tightness against which said first member connected to said base and said second member connected to said swivel gear are turned relative to one another can be adjusted by screwing said screwing element into said threaded hole on said receiving seat by different depths to set said receiving seat to different tightness.

2. The swivel bearing as claimed in claim 1, wherein said receiving seat is provided at another predetermined position with a through hole, via which said screwing element is screwed into said threaded hole.

3. The swivel bearing as claimed in claim 2, wherein said receiving seat includes a central ring portion, in which said swivel gear is mounted, said central ring portion having two diametrically opposite and radially projections, one of which being formed into two radially parallel arms with a clearance existed therebetween;

said through hole being transversely provided on one of said two parallel arms and said threaded hole being transversely provided on the other one of said two arms corresponding to and aligned with said through hole, and said screwing element being screwed into said threaded hole via said through hole to bring said two arms of said receiving seat closer to each other to reduce an inner diameter of said ring portion.

4. The swivel bearing as claimed in claim 1, wherein said swivel gear includes a stop plate, a swivel shaft, and two connecting arms;

said swivel shaft being rotatably located in said receiving seat on the top of said base, said stop plate being located below said base to connected to a lower side of said swivel shaft by means of screwing elements, and said two connecting arms being fixedly connected at respective inner ends to two diametrically opposite sides of said swivel shaft for said second member to fixedly connect thereto.