Hinged Door Open Plunger
AssigneeBell Textron Inc.
InventorsSavithramma Narayanappa, Vitthal Vishnuthreeth Arakeri, Bobby Howard Mosier
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Abstract
Disclosed is an assembly and a vehicle and apparatus including the assembly, for maintaining a vehicle door in an open position may include at least one rod member configured to connect at a first end to the door and at a second end to a vehicle frame. A tab may be connected to and extend in at least one direction from the rod member. A plunger may be configured to be anchored in the door and including a pin configured to extend from and retract into the plunger. The pin may be configured to engage the tab when extended and disengage from the tab when retracted.
Claims20
An assembly for maintaining a vehicle door in an open position comprising:
- at least one rod member configured to connect at a first end to the door and at a second end to a vehicle frame;
- a tab connected to and extending in at least one direction from the rod member;
- and
- a plunger configured to be anchored in the door and including a pin configured to extend from and retract into the plunger, the pin being configured to engage the tab when extended and disengage from the tab when retracted.
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle frame;
- a vehicle door;
- an assembly for maintaining the door of the vehicle in an open position including:
- at least one rod member configured to connect at a first end to the door and at a second end to the vehicle frame;
- a tab connected to and extending in at least one direction from the rod member;
- and
- a plunger configured to be anchored in the door and including a pin configured to extend from and retract into the plunger, the pin being configured to engage the tab when extended and disengage from the tab when retracted.
An apparatus comprising:
- a vehicle door;
- an assembly for maintaining the door of the vehicle in an open position including:
- at least one rod member configured connected at a first end to the door and at a second end to the vehicle frame;
- a tab connected to and extending in at least one direction from the rod member;
- and
- a plunger anchored in the door and including a pin configured to extend from and retract into the plunger, the pin being configured to engage the tab when extended and disengage from the tab when retracted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.