Replacement spring for a corvette door hinge

Details Replacement spring for a corvette door hinge Replacement spring for a corvette door hinge

1986-01-31

1987-07-07

Godici, Nicholas P.

Miscellaneous hardware (e.g., bushing, carpet fastener, caster,

Hinge

Including means to hold or retard hinged members against...

16344, 267 57, 267154, E05D 1110

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046777083

ABSTRACT:
For a Corvette motor car, a cam follower spring to be mounted on the fixed hinge plate on either door of the car and made of spring steel arranged in generally planar, S-shaped form and including a straight, elongated body, an upper bent section on one end of the body having a keeper slot whose locus is normal to the plane of the wire-form for use in receiving the forward edge of a keeper hole on the fixed hinge plate, a lower bent section on the other end of the body to be engaged by a cam whereby to create a plurality of detents for controlling opening and closing of the door and the lower bent section having a tip to extend into a rear keeper slot on the hinge plate and be retained by one end thereof, the tip being dimensioned to permit movement toward and away from the rear keeper slot end when the outside portion is engaged by the cam.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1013501 (1912-01-01), Leist-Wettler
patent: 3792777 (1974-02-01), Drake

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