Damping device

• US 7,275,284 B2
• Filed: 05/04/2002
• Issued: 10/02/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Mepla-Werke Lautenschlager GmbH & Co. KG
• Original Assignee: Mepla-Werke Lautenschlager GmbH & Co. KG
• Inventors: Herper, Markus, Ulrich, Harald Helmut, Lautenschläger, Gerhard Wilhelm
• Primary Examiner(s): Glessner; Brian E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): WILLIAMS, MARK A
• Application Number:
  US10/482,545
• Publication Number:
  US 20040205935A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,977 Days
• Field of Search: 16/85, 16/84, 16/51, 16/66, 16/68.X, 16/50, 16/54.X, 16/55, 16/82, 16/86.A, 16/86.R, 248/188.4, 248/410, 248/411, 180/69.21, 180/89.17, 493/86, 292/DIG.15, 292/DIG.19, 312/238, 188/289, 188/316, 188/318, 188/322.15, 188/322.19, 188/322.5
• US Class Current: 16/287
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 11/1021 the hinge having two or more pins and being specially adapted for cabinets or furniture
• 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: E05D 3/183 with at least one of the hinge parts having a cup-shaped fixing part, e.g. for attachment to cabinets or furniture
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 5/006 for hinges having a cup-shaped fixing part, e.g. for attachment to cabinets or furniture
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 5/02 specially for preventing the slamming of swinging wings during final closing movement, e.g. jamb stops
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 5/10 with piston brakes
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/21 Brakes
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/254 Fluid or viscous friction
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/256 with pistons or vanes
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/264 linear
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/266 rotary
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/624 Arms
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/688 Rollers
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/722 Racks
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2600/45 in or on the fixed frame
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2600/46 in or on the wing
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2800/00 Details, accessories and auxiliary operations not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2800/205 forming a unit
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2800/21 of identical elements, e.g. of identical compression springs
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2800/70 Retrofitting of elements
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/20 : for furniture, e.g. cabinets

Abstract

The invention relates to a damping device for parts of furniture which are joined together by means of hinges and which can be pivoted in relation to each other. The housing contains a damping fluid in the cavity thereof and a resistance element which can be displaced relative to the dumping fluid and connected to an actuating element protruding from the housing. During at least one part of the pivoting movement of both pieces of furniture, said actuating element is drivingly connected to the second piece of furniture and transfers the movement distributed to the second piece of furniture to the resistance element. The damping device is arranged in the region of at least one of the hinges which pivotally couples both pieces of furniture, and whereby either the damping housing and/or the actuating element engages with one of the mounting element of the corresponding hinges, at least during the damping process.

Claims

1. A combination of a damping device with a hinge for pivotally connecting a furniture part to a door leaf having a recess,

the hinge comprising

a door-leaf-side mounting element in the form of a hinge cup, adapted to be secured into the recess of the door-leaf and

a furniture-side mounting element, adapted to be secured to the furniture part, and connected with the door-leaf-side mounting element by an articulation mechanism,

the damping device comprising

a damper housing having an elongate, cylindrical interior filled with a damping medium, a resistance element in form of a piston, including a piston rod constituting an actuating element and having a piston end extending out of the damper housing and being drivingly connected to the furniture part, at least during a portion of the pivoting motion of the door leaf and transferring the motion of the actuating element to the resistance element, wherein the damper housing is provided on or at the hinge cup, and wherein the damper housing is an integral component of the door-leaf-side mounting element.

2. A combination of a damping device with a hinge adapted for pivotally connecting a furniture part to a door leaf having a recess,

the hinge comprising

a door-leaf-side mounting element in the form of a hinge cup;

a furniture-side mounting element connected with the door-leaf-side mounting element by an articulation mechanism;

the damping device comprising

a damper housing having an elongated, cylindrical interior filled with a clamping medium, a resistance element in form of a piston, including a piston rod constituting an actuating element and having a piston end extending out of the damper housing for transferring the motion of the actuating element to the resistance element,

wherein the damper housing is provided on or at the hinge cup, and wherein the damper housing is an integral component of the door-leaf-side mounting element.