Ikhabethe lasekhishini eline-hinge ye-gas strut lenzelwe ukuvula nokuvala kahle ngosizo lwe-gas struts. I-gas struts yizinto ezisebenzisa igesi ecindezelwe ukuze zinikeze ukunyakaza okulawulwayo nokushelelayo, ezivame ukusetshenziswa ezinhlotsheni ezahlukene ezifana namasango angemuva ezimoto, ifenisha, kanye namakhabethe.
Uma kukhulunywa ngamakhabethe ekhishi, ama-gas strut hinges avame ukusetshenziswa ukuthuthukisa ukusebenza kanye nokulula kweminyango yekhabethe.