A multi-axis automobile door system for coupling an automobile door to an automobile body, comprising:
- a multi-axis automobile door mount including a first swing hinge and a lift hinge;
- a second swing hinge;
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- the first swing hinge including a first leaf and a second leaf, the second leaf pivotally coupled to the first leaf about a first substantially vertical axis of rotation, the first leaf adapted for coupling to the automobile body,
- the first leaf comprising a first leaf first end and an opposite first leaf second end, a first leaf first side and an opposite first leaf second side, a first leaf first edge and an opposite first leaf second edge, at least two spaced apart first swing knuckles extending from the first leaf second side adjacent the first leaf second edge, the first swing knuckles defining a swing notch there between, the first swing knuckles each having a first bore there through, the first bores being substantially coaxial and extend substantially parallel with the first leaf second edge;
- the second leaf comprising a second leaf first end and an opposite second leaf second end, a second leaf first side and an opposite second leaf second side, a second leaf first edge and an opposite second leaf second edge, at least one second swing knuckle extending from the second leaf first side and adjacent to the second leaf second edge, the second swing knuckle having a second bore there through extending substantially parallel with the second leaf second edge, the at least one of the at least one second swing knuckles adapted to be positioned within the swing notch with the first and second bores in substantially coaxial alignment;
- the second leaf further comprising at least two spaced apart first lift knuckles extending from the second leaf first end and defining a lift notch there between, each first lift knuckles having a third bore there through, the third bores in substantially coaxial alignment and substantially parallel with the second leaf first end;
- the lift hinge including the second leaf and a third leaf pivotally coupled about a substantially horizontal axis of rotation to the second leaf, the third leaf adapted for coupling to the automobile door, the third leaf comprising a third leaf first end and an opposite third leaf second end, a third leaf first side and an opposite third leaf second side, a third leaf first edge and an opposite third leaf second edge, at least one second lift knuckle extending from the third leaf first side adjacent the third leaf first end, each second lift knuckle having a fourth bore there through, the fourth bore extending substantially parallel with the third leaf first end, each second lift knuckle adapted to be coaxially positioned within the lift notch, the third and forth bores in substantially coaxial alignment;
- the multi-axis automobile door mount further comprising a lift hinge pin and a swing hinge pin, the first and second bores adapted to accept the swing hinge pin there through, the swing hinge pin adapted to couple together the first and second leaves;
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- the third and fourth bores adapted to accept the lift hinge pin there through, the lift hinge pin adapted to couple together the second and third leaves;
- the second swing hinge comprising a first swing leaf and a second swing leaf pivotally coupled therewith defining a second substantially vertical axis of rotation, the first swing leaf adapted to couple to the automobile door such that the second substantially vertical axis of rotation is coaxial with the first substantially vertical axis of rotation of the first swing hinge;
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- a linear actuator comprising an actuator first end and an actuator second end, the actuator first end adapted to couple with the automobile body, and the actuator second end coupled with the second swing leaf, the second swing hinge adapted to pivotally couple the linear actuator and the automobile door about the second substantially vertical axis of rotation at a location below the multi-axis automobile door mount.