Extended cab pickup truck concealed cargo door hinge having a spring stop detent
AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation
InventorsE. Robert Siladke, Kevin D. Lapham
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Abstract
A spring stop is provided for a vehicle door hinge arrangement having primary and secondary leaves with a base, an arm extending from the base, and a hand extending from the arm to receive a pin. The primary and secondary leaves are connected with a reinforcement leaf. The hand of the primary leaf receives a pin that is connected to a member of the door hinge arrangement.
Claims6
A vehicle door hinge arrangement for mounting a vehicle door to a vehicle opening, the hinge arrangement having at least first and second members, the first member having a first side and the second member being connected to a pin, the vehicle door hinge arrangement further including a spring stop mounted on the first member first side, the spring stop including:
- a primary leaf with a base, an arm extending from the base, and the primary leaf having a hand extending from the arm for receiving the pin connected to the second member between the primary leaf and the first member;
- a secondary leaf having a base, an arm and a hand adjacent the primary leaf on a side of the primary leaf opposite the first member;
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- a reinforcement leaf fixably connected to the primary and secondary leaves, the reinforcement leaf being adjacent the base of the secondary leaf.
A concealed door hinge for a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle having a door opening including a pillar with a first planar surface and a door covering the opening, the door having a second planar surface, the hinge comprising:
- a first weight-supporting link affixed to a base joined to the pillar first planar surface, the first link having a first end generally away from the base and a second end generally more adjacent to the base, the first and second ends being on a same side of the base as the first end;
- a second weight-supporting link with first and second ends, the second link first end being pivotally connected to the first end of the first link;
- a third link with first and second ends, the first end being pivotally connected with the first link second end;
- a weight-supporting fourth link, the fourth link having a first end and a second extreme end, the first end being connected to the door second planar surface, the fourth link second end being pivotally connected to the second end of the third link, and the fourth link at a portion intermediate the first and second ends being pivotally connected to the second end of the second link, and the pivotal connection of the fourth link with the second and third links being on a same side of the second planar surface;
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- a spring stop mounted on a side of the second link farthest away from the door second planar surface limiting the opening of the door second planar surface away from the pillar first planar surface, the stop also detenting the second ends of the third and fourth links by grabbing and holding the third and fourth link second ends to retain the door in an open position, the spring stop links including a primary leaf with a base, the primary leaf also having an arm extending from the base, and the primary leaf having a hand extended from the arm for receiving between the primary leaf and a side of the second link;
- a secondary leaf having a base, an arm and a hand adjacent the primary leaf on a side of the primary leaf opposite the third link;
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- a reinforcement leaf fixably connected to the primary and second leaves, the reinforcement leaf being adjacent the base of the secondary leaf.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.