What Do You Call This Type of Hinge?

itsdonny

huntoon

Looks like a normal hinge with a detent for positioning.

Travis_King

Yea I don't think it has a unique name. It uses a the principle of a cam to facilitate the poisitioning.

itsdonny

I see. Can you give me some other examples that I could look up online?

pantaz

If I had to give it a name, I would call it a "spring detent hinge". Try searching variations such as, "cam detent hinge", or "multi-position hinge", etc.

6Stang7

+1 for cam hinge

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huntoon	Looks like a normal hinge with a detent for positioning.

Travis_King	Yea I don't think it has a unique name. It uses a the principle of a cam to facilitate the poisitioning.

itsdonny	What Do You Call This Type of Hinge? I see. Can you give me some other examples that I could look up online?

pantaz	If I had to give it a name, I would call it a "spring detent hinge". Try searching variations such as, "cam detent hinge", or "multi-position hinge", etc.