Miscellaneous hardware (e.g. – bushing – carpet fastener – caster – Hinge – Including means to hold or retard hinged members against...
Patent
1992-04-06
1993-06-15
Bray, W. Donald
Miscellaneous hardware (e.g., bushing, carpet fastener, caster,
Hinge
Including means to hold or retard hinged members against...
16335, E05D 1100
Patent
active
052187381
ABSTRACT:
A hinge assembly rotatably mounts a vehicle door to a vehicle body structure. The hinge assembly has a movable hinge strap mounted to the vehicle door. A stationary hinge strap is mounted to the vehicle body structure and has a roller assembly. A hinge pin pivotally connects the hinge straps for rotatable movement of the door between an open position and a closed position. A curved detent link is carried by the movable hinge strap and has a pair of ends with each end having a hole. The detent link has a scalloped engagement edge with indentations. The indentations are engageable with the roller assembly for positioning the door in the open position and the closed position. Elastomeric fillers located in each hole connect each of the ends of the detent link to the movable hinge strap for allowing lateral movement of the detent link. The engagement of the closed position indentation of the scalloped engagement edge of the detent link by the roller holds the door in the closed position and the elastomeric fillers flex allowing movement of the detent link relative to the roller for moving the door to the open position where the roller is engaged by the open position indentation.
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Bray W. Donald
Bruttomesso, Jr. Raymond I.
General Motors Corporation
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