1. A pivot hinge for pivotally mounting a glass structure to a border frame, comprising:
a joint body comprising two spaced apart joint walls defining a securing cavity therebetween for securely sandwiching an edge portion of said glass structure between said joint walls;
a joint hub comprising a joint housing securely mounted between said joint walls within said securing cavity and a supporting shaft having a control portion rotatably extended from said joint housing and an adjusting portion extended out of said securing cavity, and
an angular adjustment arrangement, comprising:
a joint seat, having an adjustment sleeve, adapted for securely mounting to said border frame, wherein said adjusting portion of said supporting shaft is rotatably inserted into said adjustment sleeve in such a manner that said joint body is adapted to angularly move with respect to said joint seat in a rotatably movable manner for adjustably aligning said glass structure with respect to said border frame; and
an angular adjustment locker provided at an outer side of said joint seat in a rotatably movable manner to securely lock up said supporting shaft within said adjustment sleeve in a rotatably movable manner for retaining an alignment of said glass structure in position with respect to said border frame so as to pivotally mount said glass structure to said border frame.
2. The pivot hinge, as recited in claim 1, wherein said angular adjustment locker comprises at least a locking member and has an adjustment slit longitudinally formed on said joint seat to communicate with said adjustment sleeve and at least a locking hole transversely formed on said outer side of said joint seat though said adjustment slit, wherein said locking member is rotatably engaged with said locking hole to adjustably reduce a width of said adjustment slit so as to lock up said adjusting portion of said supporting shaft within said adjustment sleeve.
3. The pivot hinge, as recited in claim 2, wherein said joint seat further has a frame mounting surface for mounting on said border frame and comprises a leveling platform integrally extended from a mid-portion of said frame mounting surface and a level adjusting member, having same thickness of said leveling platform, detachably mounted on a side of said leveling platform to level said frame mounting surface.
4. The pivot hinge, as recited in claim 2, further comprising a reinforcing member adapted for mounting on a frame track of said border frame to strengthen said frame track by increasing a thickness thereof, wherein said joint seat is securely mounted to said reinforcing member for substantially sandwiching said frame track therebetween so as to rigidly mount said joint seat to said border frame.
5. The pivot hinge, as recited in claim 2, wherein each of said joint walls, having a U-shaped, defines an accessing cavity to communicate with said joint seat, wherein said joint seat, having a T-shaped, comprises a central platform defining said adjustment sleeve thereon and two side platforms for securely attaching to said border frame, wherein said central platform is disposed within said accessing cavity of said joint body to rotatably engage said adjusting portion of said supporting shaft with said adjustment sleeve.
6. The pivot hinge, as recited in claim 5, wherein said adjustment slit is longitudinally formed along said central platform of said joint seat across said adjustment sleeve and said locking hole is transversely formed on said outer side of said central platform through said adjustment slit such that a size of said adjustment sleeve is substantially reduce to frictionally lock up said adjusting portion of said supporting shaft when said locking member is rotatably engaged with said locking hole to reduce said width of said adjustment slit.
7. The pivot hinge, as recited in claim 2, wherein said adjusting portion of said supporting shaft is constructed to have a cog-liked cross section to frictionally engage with said adjustment sleeve, so as to ensure said supporting shaft locking up with said joint seat.
8. The pivot hinge, as recited in claim 7, wherein each of said joint walls, having a U-shaped, defines an accessing cavity to communicate with said joint seat, wherein said joint seat, having a T-shaped, comprises a central platform defining said adjustment sleeve thereon and two side platforms for securely attaching to said border frame, wherein said central platform is disposed within said accessing cavity of said joint body to rotatably engage said adjusting portion of said supporting shaft with said adjustment sleeve.
9. The pivot hinge, as recited in claim 8, wherein said joint seat further has a frame mounting surface for mounting on said border frame and comprises a leveling platform integrally extended from a mid-portion of said frame mounting surface and a level adjusting member, having same thickness of said leveling platform, detachably mounted on a side of said leveling platform to level said frame mounting surface.
10. The pivot hinge, as recited in claim 8, further comprising a reinforcing member adapted for mounting on a frame track of said border frame to strengthen said frame track by increasing a thickness thereof, wherein said joint seat is securely mounted to said reinforcing member for substantially sandwiching said frame track therebetween so as to rigidly mount said joint seat to said border frame.
11. The pivot hinge, as recited in claim 8, wherein said adjustment slit is longitudinally formed along said central platform of said joint seat across said adjustment sleeve and said locking hole is transversely formed on said outer side of said central platform through said adjustment slit such that a size of said adjustment sleeve is substantially reduce to frictionally lock up said adjusting portion of said supporting shaft when said locking member is rotatably engaged with said locking hole to reduce said width of said adjustment slit.
12. The pivot hinge, as recited in claim 11, further comprising a reinforcing member adapted for mounting on a frame track of said border frame to strengthen said frame track by increasing a thickness thereof, wherein said joint seat is securely mounted to said reinforcing member for substantially sandwiching said frame track therebetween so as to rigidly mount said joint seat to said border frame.
13. The pivot hinge, as recited in claim 11, wherein said joint housing, which is securely mounted between said joint walls, has an axial sleeve to rotatably receive said control portion of said supporting shaft and at least two radial slots radially extended to communicate with said axial sleeve, wherein said joint housing further comprises at least two ball-shaped driving members rotatably disposed within said radial slots respectively to ensure said supporting shaft in a rotatably movable manner within said axial sleeve.
14. The pivot hinge, as recited in claim 11, wherein said joint seat further has a frame mounting surface for mounting on said border frame and comprises a leveling platform integrally extended from a mid-portion of said frame mounting surface and a level adjusting member, having same thickness of said leveling platform, detachably mounted on a side of said leveling platform to level said frame mounting surface.
15. The pivot hinge, as recited in claim 14, wherein said joint housing, which is securely mounted between said joint walls, has an axial sleeve to rotatably receive said control portion of said supporting shaft and at least two radial slots radially extended to communicate with said axial sleeve, wherein said joint housing further comprises at least two ball-shaped driving members rotatably disposed within said radial slots respectively to ensure said supporting shaft in a rotatably movable manner within said axial sleeve.
16. The pivot hinge, as recited in claim 14, further comprising a reinforcing member adapted for mounting on a frame track of said border frame to strengthen said frame track by increasing a thickness thereof, wherein said joint seat is securely mounted to said reinforcing member for substantially sandwiching said frame track therebetween so as to rigidly mount said joint seat to said border frame.
17. The pivot hinge, as recited in claim 16, wherein said joint housing, which is securely mounted between said joint walls, has an axial sleeve to rotatably receive said control portion of said supporting shaft and at least two radial slots radially extended to communicate with said axial sleeve, wherein said joint housing further comprises at least two ball-shaped driving members rotatably disposed within said radial slots respectively to ensure said supporting shaft in a rotatably movable manner within said axial sleeve.
18. The pivot hinge, as recited in claim 1, wherein each of said joint walls, having a U-shaped, defines an accessing cavity to communicate with said joint seat, wherein said joint seat, having a T-shaped, comprises a central platform defining said adjustment sleeve thereon and two side platforms for securely attaching to said border frame, wherein said central platform is disposed within said accessing cavity of said joint body to rotatably engage said adjusting portion of said supporting shaft with said adjustment sleeve.
19. The pivot hinge, as recited in claim 18, wherein an adjustment slit is longitudinally formed along said central platform of said joint seat across said adjustment sleeve and said locking hole is transversely formed on said outer side of said central platform through said adjustment slit such that a size of said adjustment sleeve is substantially reduce to frictionally lock up said adjusting portion of said supporting shaft when said locking member is rotatably engaged with said locking hole to reduce said width of said adjustment slit.
20. The pivot hinge, as recited in claim 1, wherein said joint seat further has a frame mounting surface for mounting on said border frame and comprises a leveling platform integrally extended from a mid-portion of said frame mounting surface and a level adjusting member, having same thickness of said leveling platform, detachably mounted on a side of said leveling platform to level said frame mounting surface.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
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1. An integrated circuit comprising:
a first set of storage cells to store a first set of settings to configure a functional circuit at a first time;
a second set of storage cells to store a second set of settings to reconfigure the functional circuit at a second time that is later than the first time; and
at least one control cell comprising a fuse link which may be set to a first setting to use the first set of settings stored in the first set of storage cells, or the second set of settings stored in the second set of storage cells, to control one or more operating parameters of the functional circuit, wherein configuration or reconfiguration of the functional circuit is achieved by providing the settings already stored in the first set of storage cells or the alternate settings already stored in the second set of storage cells to the functional circuit without changing the first set of storage cells or the second set of storage cell during the configuration or the reconfiguration;
a multiplexer, controlled by an output of the at least one control cell, and having a first set of inputs coupled to outputs of the first set of storage cells, and a second set of inputs coupled to outputs of the second set of storage cells;
wherein the outputs of the multiplexer control the one or more operating parameters of the functional circuit.
2. The integrated circuit of claim 1, wherein at least one of, the first set of storage cells, the second set of storage cells, or the at least one control cell, comprise non-volatile cells.
3. The integrated circuit of claim 1, wherein at least one of, the first set of storage cells, the second set of storage cells, or the at least one control cell, comprise one-time programmable cells.
4. The integrated circuit of claim 1, wherein at least one of, the first set of storage cells, the second set of storage cells, or the at least one control cell, comprise fuse links or anti-fuse links.
5. The integrated circuit of claim 1, further comprising a third set of storage cells to store additional settings to reconfigure the functional circuit at a third time, wherein the additional settings control additional operating parameters of the functional circuit.
6. The integrated circuit of claim 1, further comprising:
an array of one-time programmable, non-volatile, memory cells, wherein the array includes the first set of storage cells and the second set of storage cells; and
a control circuit to access the array based on a value of the at least one control cell and to write values, based on information accessed from the array, into one or more registers, to control the one or more operating parameters of the functional circuit.
7. The integrated circuit of claim 1, further comprising:
an array of one-time programmable, non-volatile, memory cells, wherein the array includes the first set of storage cells and the second set of storage cells; and
address lines coupled to the array to control which memory cells of the array are accessed;
wherein a state of the at least one control cell determines a state of the address lines.
8. An electronic system comprising:
a processor to generate memory control commands;
a memory, coupled to the processor; and
an inputoutput circuit, coupled to the processor;
wherein at least one of, the processor, the memory, or the inputoutput circuit, comprise:
a first set of storage cells to store a first set of settings to configure a functional circuit at a first time;
a second set of storage cells to store a second set of settings to reconfigure the functional circuit at a second time that is later than the first time; and
at least one control cell comprising a fuse link which may be set to a first setting to use the first set of settings stored in the first set of storage cells, or the second set of settings stored in the second set of storage cells, to control one or more operating parameters of the functional circuit, wherein configuration or reconfiguration of the functional circuit is achieved by providing the settings already stored in the first set of storage cells or the alternate settings already stored in the second set of storage cells to the functional circuit without changing the first set of storage cells or the second set of storage cells during the configuration or the reconfiguration;
a multiplexer, controlled by an output of the at least one control cell, and having a first set of inputs coupled to outputs of the first set of storage cells, and a second set of inputs coupled to outputs of the second set of storage cells;
wherein the outputs of the multiplexer control the one or more operating parameters of the functional circuit.
9. The electronic system of claim 8, wherein at least one of the first set of storage cells, the second set of storage cells, or the at least one control cell, comprise non-volatile cells.
10. The electronic system of claim 8, wherein at least one of the first set of storage cells, the second set of storage cells, or the at least one control cell, comprise one-time programmable cells.
11. The electronic system of claim 8, wherein at least one of, the first set of storage cells, the second set of storage cells, or the at least one control cell, comprise fuse links or anti-fuse links.
12. The electronic system of claim 8, wherein the at least one of, the processor, the memory, or the inputoutput circuit, further comprise:
a third set of storage cells to store additional settings to reconfigure the functional circuit at a third time, wherein the additional settings control additional operating parameters of the functional circuit.
13. The electronic system of claim 8, wherein the at least one of, the processor, the memory, or the inputoutput circuit, further comprise:
an array of one-time programmable, non-volatile, memory cells, wherein the array includes the first set of storage cells and the second set of storage cells; and
a control circuit to access the array based on a value of the at least one control cell and to write values, based on information accessed from the array, into one or more registers, to control the one or more operating parameters of the functional circuit.
14. The electronic system of claim 8, wherein the at least one of the processor, the memory, or the inputoutput circuit further comprise:
an array of one-time programmable, non-volatile, memory cells, wherein the array includes the first set of storage cells and the second set of storage cells; and
address lines coupled to the array to control which memory cells of the array are accessed;
wherein a state of the at least one control cell determines a state of the address lines.