Unhingeable door hinge joint having a hinge pin with a nonrotatable portion and a relatively rotatable portion
AssigneeFa. ED. Schwarachter GmbH & Co. KG
InventorErnst Brockhaus
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Abstract
A door hinge assembly which facilitates fitting and aligning of a door particularly in motor vehicles, including a first and a second hinge member each having, respectively, a first and a second eye with a hinge pin being engaged within the eyes of the hinge members to operatively mount the hinge members together. The hinge pin is mounted so as to be freely rotatable relative to the first eye, but secured against axial movement relative thereto. The hinge pin is shaped so that it will engage a part of the second eye so as to be nonrotatable relative thereto, with the portion of the hinge pin thus shaped having alignment faces which engage complementary faces on the second hinge eye which are directed diagonally relative to the hinge axis.
Claims15
A door hinge assembly particularly for motor vehicle doors comprising a first hinge member having a first hinge eye, a second hinge member having a second hinge eye, a hinge pin consisting essentially of a single continuous longitudinal member defining an axis engaged within said eyes of said first and second hinge members, respectively, along different portions of its length, said hinge pin being mounted to be freely rotatable relative to said first eye and secured against axial movement relative thereto with said second hinge eye being adapted to allow axial movement thereof relative to said hinge pin in order to enable mounting and dismounting of said second hinge member on and from said hinge pin, and engagement means interposed between said hinge pin and said second eye to maintain said hinge pin and said second eye in nonrotative relative engagement with each other when said second hinge member is mounted on said hinge pin without impeding axial movement of said second hinge eye relative to said hinge pin when said second hinge member is dismounted therefrom, said engagement means comprising a shaped portion of said hinge pin and a complementary shaped portion of said second eye, with at least the shaped portion of said hinge pin having alignment faces engaging said complementary shaped portions of said second eye to effect said nonrotative relative engagement between said hinge pin and said second hinge eye, said alignment faces being directed radially relative to said hinge axis.
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