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There appeared to be damage to the hinge joint connecting one of the ship's control flaps to the main body.
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Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 June 2024
Place the tip of an oyster knife into the hinge joint at the pointed end, keeping blade flat and parallel to shell.
—Odette Williams, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2023
The company issued the recall Thursday for four models of the Tango Mini Stroller because the hinge joints can release.
—Hollie Silverman, CNN, 20 Jan. 2020
If the hinge joints release, the stroller could collapse when under pressure, posing a fall hazard for a child, the recall says.
—Hollie Silverman, CNN, 20 Jan. 2020
Unlike a hinge joint that moves only (for the most part) forward and backward, like the knee, the shape of the ball-and-socket joint in the hip allows for flexion, extension, internal and external rotation, abduction, and adduction.
—SELF, 22 Feb. 2019
But during the Loma Prieta quake the ground also shook laterally, creating stress the hinge joints could not withstand.
—Marwa Eltagouri, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2018
The metal hinge joints in some areas are showing signs of excess wear.
—Rick Anderson, latimes.com, 3 Sep. 2017
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Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 June 2024
Place the tip of an oyster knife into the hinge joint at the pointed end, keeping blade flat and parallel to shell.
—Odette Williams, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2023
The company issued the recall Thursday for four models of the Tango Mini Stroller because the hinge joints can release.
—Hollie Silverman, CNN, 20 Jan. 2020
If the hinge joints release, the stroller could collapse when under pressure, posing a fall hazard for a child, the recall says.
—Hollie Silverman, CNN, 20 Jan. 2020
Unlike a hinge joint that moves only (for the most part) forward and backward, like the knee, the shape of the ball-and-socket joint in the hip allows for flexion, extension, internal and external rotation, abduction, and adduction.
—SELF, 22 Feb. 2019
But during the Loma Prieta quake the ground also shook laterally, creating stress the hinge joints could not withstand.
—Marwa Eltagouri, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2018
The metal hinge joints in some areas are showing signs of excess wear.
—Rick Anderson, latimes.com, 3 Sep. 2017
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