Miscellaneous hardware (e.g. – bushing – carpet fastener – caster – Hinge – Including means to hold or retard hinged members against...
Reexamination Certificate
2001-01-22
2002-09-03
Mah, Chuck Y. (Department: 3626)
Miscellaneous hardware (e.g., bushing, carpet fastener, caster,
Hinge
Including means to hold or retard hinged members against...
C016S335000, C016S342000, C016S386000, C016S339000, C016S296000, C016S327000, C016S332000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06442800
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention concerns a motor-vehicle door brake which is integrated in a hinge and has an opening end stop, the hinge comprising two hinge wings which are connected together in an articulated manner by means of a hinge pin and can be fixed alternately to one of the two door assembly parts, door or door pillar, and the hinge pin being connected in a rotationally secure manner to the one hinge wing and being held rotatably in the gudgeon of the one hinge wing, and the door brake comprising at least one engagement part which is supported against one of the hinge wings, and also at least one braking or stop part which is assigned to the said engagement part and is supported against the other hinge wing.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
For the purpose of braking and securing motor-vehicle doors in certain or random opening positions, use is conventionally made of door stops which are known and are customary in a multiplicity of embodiments. In this case, a first type of door stop which is combined structurally with the door hinge is distinguished by the use of a torsion bar spring which is bent in a C- or U-shape, is secured to the one hinge half or to a comparable part and interacts with a latching segment fastened to the other hinge half or to a comparable part, but irrespective of its particular embodiment is associated with the disadvantage that its functioning parts are basically arranged such that they are exposed and therefore can first of all be impaired in their efficiency by, albeit unintentional, coatings of paint during the painting of the bodywork, and furthermore during operation lead to contamination due to unavoidable abrasion and dirt.
All those types of door stops in which a holding part which is connected to the one door assembly part is inserted into a holder housing fastened to the other door assembly part are associated with the same disadvantages, since here too at least the holding part has to be arranged such that it is exposed and is therefore naturally subjected to the same adverse effects as the functioning parts of the so-called torsion-bar door stops.
A third known type of door stop combined structurally in particular with the door hinge is distinguished by the fact that the holding parts are arranged in an extension of the hinge axis projecting over the door hinge. Although, in door stops of this type, there is in principle the option of covering the functioning parts of the door stop by an additional component and therefore of eliminating some of the disadvantages of the abovementioned types of door stops, this necessarily results in an increased outlay in terms of production and installation. In addition, all of these door-stop embodyments which are connected to a door hinge require a considerable amount of space for fitting them in, which is not available in most cases of use.
Finally, a type of door stop integrated in a hinge is also already known, the said door stops as a whole comprising a cylinder housing which is connected in a rotationally secure manner to one of the door assembly parts, a cylinder core which is accommodated in the cylinder housing and connected in a rotationally secure manner to the other door assembly part, and also at least one engagement part which is arranged in a radially adjustable manner in the one part, cylinder housing or cylinder core. Although door stops designed in this manner and integrated in a hinge are distinguished by a design which is small in size, and are virtually completely encapsulated, they are associated with the disadvantage of a relatively high outlay in terms of production.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is based on the object of improving a door brake which can be integrated in a door hinge and a motor-vehicle door hinge which is fitted with an integrated door brake to the effect that the door brake comprises a minimum number of parts irrespective of the maximum door-opening angle, and while high braking forces which rise increasingly over the door-opening angle are applied, is, as a whole, designed such that it is as small in size as possible and also is of a closed design such that neither the painting of the vehicle bodywork nor the operation of the vehicle door or the functioning of the door brake can result in abrasion of paint or dirt or an impairment of the functioning, and that furthermore a reliable opening end stop for the door is ensured.
According to the present invention, this object is may be achieved in that the door brake as a whole comprises at least one engagement part which is arranged aligned radially with respect to the hinge axis, is connected in a rotationally secure manner to one of the hinge wings, can be deformed in a resiliently elastic manner in a plane parallel to the hinge axis and comprises at least one braking surface which is formed on the hinge pin and is bounded by an end stop, the at least one braking surface which is formed on the hinge pin and interacts with the engagement part having a rising slope in the direction of the hinge axis. This door brake is distinguished first of all by the fact that for it to be realized on a door hinge only one additional part, namely the engagement part, is required, and that furthermore very high braking forces can be applied by using the ability of the engagement part to deform in a resiliently elastic manner. Since, in the case of the door brake designed according to the present invention, the braking forces are applied and supported exclusively in the direction of the hinge axis, a door brake of this type which is based on using the ability of the engagement part to deform in a resiliently elastic manner is suitable for use in conjunction with any type of door hinge, i.e. both single-shear and double-shear door hinges. Moreover, the door brake according to the present invention makes possible a wide range of different forms of development which can be matched on the one side to the particular hinge shape or hinge type and on the other side can be configured in accordance with the required braking forces.
In a simple form of implementation which can be used in conjunction with any desired design form of a door hinge, it is provided that the at least one braking surface which interacts with the engagement part, which can be deformed in a resiliently elastic manner, is formed by the one end surface of a radial recess formed in the hinge pin, the radial recess in the hinge pin only extending over the permitted opening angle of the hinge. A motor-vehicle door brake of this type which is characterized by an exclusively axially acting design of the door-brake device can obviously also be realized in the case of a double-shear door hinge and is advantageously furthermore characterized in that the engagement part is formed by an element which is held in a rotationally secure manner and aligned radially with respect to the hinge pin on the one hinge wing and engages in the radial recess formed in the said hinge pin and also can be deformed in a resiliently elastic manner in a plane parallel to the hinge axis.
In the case of a motor-vehicle door brake of the construction according to the present invention, in order to form an opening end stop of the motor-vehicle door, it is provided that the two flank surfaces of the engagement part are inclined in the same direction and uniformly towards the hinge axis in the region of the said engagement part which interacts with the braking surface formed in the hinge pin by the one end surface of the radial recess, and that in conjunction with such a design of the flank surfaces of the engagement part the opening end stop is formed by a boundary wall, which is directed radially with respect to the hinge axis, of the radial recess, which is formed in the hinge pin.
Within the scope of a preferred embodiment of a motor-vehicle door brake according to the present invention intended primarily for use in conjunction with a single-shear door hinge, it is provided that the door brake as a whole is arranged within the gudgeon height of the hinge wing which can be piv
Davidson Davidson & Kappel LLC
Ed. Scharwaechter GmbH
Mah Chuck Y.
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