Movement and elastic abutting device of a two link mechanism

• US 9,493,975 B1
• Filed: 09/25/2015
• Issued: 11/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: OME Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: OME Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Li, Kun-Fei
• Primary Examiner(s): Redman, Jerry
• Application Number:
  US14/866,271
• Time in Patent Office: 417 Days
• Field of Search: 493/64, 16/85
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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: E06B 3/325 Wings opening towards the outside
• CPC Class Codes: E06B 3/483 folding upwardly E06B3/482 takes precedence

Abstract

An elastic abutting device disposed on one link of a two link mechanism includes a base member, a bearing member, a latch member, and an elastic member. The base member has an accommodating groove. The bearing member is disposed in the accommodating groove, wherein the bearing member has a first propping portion, a second propping portion, and a through hole. The latch member defines a central axis, and the latch member has an abutting portion which is partly exposed out of the through hole and a retaining portion which is disposed correspondingly to the abutting portion. The elastic member is disposed between the first propping portion and the second propping portion, wherein two opposite terminal ends of the elastic member respectively have a first side end portion and a second side end portion disposed correspondingly to the first side end portion.

Claims

1. An elastic abutting device which is disposed on one link of a two link mechanism, comprising:

a base member having an accommodating groove;

a bearing member disposed in the accommodating groove, wherein the bearing member has a first propping portion, a second propping portion corresponding to the first propping portion, and a through hole, the first propping portion and the second propping portion cooperatively define a receiving space, the through hole is disposed on the second propping portion, and the receiving space and the through hole are communicated with each other;

a latch member defining a central axis, the latch member having an abutting portion which is partly exposed out of the through hole and a retaining portion which is disposed correspondingly to the abutting portion, wherein the retaining portion has a propping surface and a stopping surface corresponding to the propping surface; and

an elastic member disposed between the first propping portion and the second propping portion, wherein two opposite terminal ends of the elastic member respectively have a first side end portion and a second side end portion disposed correspondingly to the first side end portion;

wherein the retaining portion is disposed between the elastic member and the second propping portion, the first side end portion is propped against the first propping portion, and the second side end portion is propped against the propping surface of the latch member, so that the latch member is abutted against by the elastic member to reciprocate between a first position and a second position relative to the base member along the central axis.

2. The elastic abutting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bearing member further has a connecting portion which is connected between the first propping portion and the second propping portion, an external thread structure is formed on the connecting portion, an internal thread structure is formed on the accommodating groove, and the bearing member is movably disposed in the accommodating groove through the external thread structure and the internal thread structure.

3. The elastic abutting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the elastic member is a compression spring.

4. The elastic abutting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bearing member has an adjustment end disposed on the first propping portion.

5. The elastic abutting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second propping portion of the base member and the bearing member are formed into one piece, an external thread structure is formed on the first propping portion, an internal thread structure is formed on the accommodating groove, and the first propping portion is movably disposed in the accommodating groove through the external thread structure and the internal thread structure.

6. A movement device having a two link mechanism, comprising:

a frame unit defining a major axis direction;

a first movement unit including a first positioning portion and a first pin joint portion disposed correspondingly to the first positioning portion, and the first positioning portion being pin-jointed with the frame unit;

a second movement unit including a second pin joint portion and a second positioning portion disposed correspondingly to the second pin joint portion, wherein the second positioning portion is slidably disposed on the frame unit, so that the second movement unit is moved toward or away from the first positioning portion along the major axis direction; and

an elastic abutting device comprising;

a base member disposed on the first movement unit or on the second movement unit, wherein the base member has an accommodating groove;

a bearing member disposed in the accommodating groove, wherein the bearing member has a first propping portion, a second propping portion corresponding to the first propping portion, and a through hole, the first propping portion and the second propping portion cooperatively define a receiving space, the through hole is disposed on the second propping portion, the through hole is disposed on the second propping portion, and the receiving space and the through hole are communicated with each other;

a latch member defining a central axis, the latch member having an abutting portion which is partly exposed out of the through hole and a retaining portion which is disposed correspondingly to the abutting portion, wherein the retaining portion has a propping surface and a stopping surface corresponding to the propping surface; and

an elastic member disposed between the first propping portion and the second propping portion, wherein two opposite terminal ends of the elastic member respectively have a first side end portion and a second side end portion disposed correspondingly to the first side end portion;

wherein the retaining portion is disposed between the elastic member and the second propping portion, the first side end portion is propped against the first propping portion, and the second side end portion is propped against the propping surface of the latch member, so that the latch member is abutted against by the elastic member and the frame unit to reciprocate between a first position and a second position relative to the base member along the central axis.

7. The movement device having the two link mechanism as claimed in claim 6, further comprising a drive unit disposed on the frame unit, and the drive unit driving the second movement unit to move toward or away from the first positioning portion along the major axis direction, when the second movement unit being moved away from the first positioning portion along the major axis direction, the second movement unit being driven by the drive unit to a position where is parallel to the first movement unit.

8. The movement device having the two link mechanism as claimed in claim 7, wherein the frame unit includes two supporting stands that are disposed correspondingly with each other, each of the supporting stands has an inner side surface, an outer side surface opposite to the inner side surface, and two side surfaces connecting between the inner side surface and the outer side surface, the two inner side surfaces of the supporting stand are disposed facing to each other, the first movement unit and the second movement unit are both disposed between the two supporting stands, the first positioning portion and the second positioning portion are both pin-jointed with the two supporting stands, and the abutting portion is abutted against the side surface.

9. The movement device having the two link mechanism as claimed in claim 7, wherein the bearing member further has a connecting portion which is connected between the first propping portion and the second propping portion, an external thread structure is formed on the connecting portion, an internal thread structure is formed on the accommodating groove, and the bearing member is movably disposed in the accommodating groove through the external thread structure and the internal thread structure.

10. The movement device having the two link mechanism as claimed in claim 7, wherein the second propping portion of the base member and the bearing member is formed into one piece, an external thread structure is formed on the first propping portion, an internal thread structure is formed on the accommodating groove, and the first propping portion is movably disposed in the accommodating groove through the external thread structure and the internal thread structure.