Door hinge for vehicle

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1996-10-10

1998-12-01

Kramer, Dean

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Body shell

29614611, 16221, 16387, B60J 500, E05D 500

Patent

active

058427350

ABSTRACT:
A door hinge is provided for a side-door of a vehicle whereby an impact applied to the side door in a direction transverse to the vehicle is absorbed at a connecting portion for connecting the side door to the body of the vehicle. The door hinge is comprised of a female and a male, and a connecting portion is provided uprightly on the male. Bearing portions are provided uprightly on the female, and the connecting portion and the bearing portions rotate relatively to each other with a shaft as a center of rotation. The connecting portion of the male is curved in such a manner as to protrude in the forward direction of the vehicle, and a point of application of a load and a support point in the male are offset from each other in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. In a case where an impact load is applied to the side door from its outer side in the transverse direction of the vehicle, the connecting portion of the male becomes further curved in such a manner as to protrude further in the forward direction of the vehicle.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1934074 (1933-11-01), Kubler
patent: 2138523 (1938-11-01), Haberstump
patent: 4662115 (1987-05-01), Ohya et al.
patent: 5431476 (1995-07-01), Torigaki

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