Checker-equipped door hinge device for use in vehicle

A checker-equipped door hinge device for use in a vehicle, the device comprising a female bracket (1) that is formed from a female base portion (1a) adapted to be fixedly secured to one of a body (B) and a door (D) and a pair of female arm portions (1b) rising from opposite side ends of the female base portion (1a), a male bracket (2) that is disposed between the pair of female arm portions (1b) while having a male base portion (2a) adapted to be fixedly secured to the other of the body (B) and the door (D) and is relatively pivotably linked to the female arm portions (1b) via a hinge pin (5), and a check force generating mechanism that is arranged between the female and male brackets (1, 2) and generates a check force for the door at a predetermined degree of opening position of the door, this check force generating mechanism comprising a central shaft (6) that is fixed to the female bracket (1) and disposed around the hinge pin (5), a cylinder block (7) that is fixed to the male bracket (2) and disposed so as to relatively rotatably surround the central shaft (6) and has a cylinder portion (7b) projecting toward one side of the central shaft (6), a piston (22) that is slidably fitted into an inner peripheral face of the cylinder portion (7b), a detent roller (26) that is supported by the piston (22) and can roll on an outer peripheral face of the central shaft (6), a check spring (23) that urges the piston (22) toward the outer peripheral face of the central shaft (6), and at least one detent groove (27c, 27m1, 27m2, 27o) that is provided on the outer peripheral face of the central shaft (6) and with which the detent roller (26) is resiliently engaged by means of an urging force of the check spring (23) at the predetermined degree of opening position of the door (D),

• characterized in that the male bracket (2) comprises a pair of male arm portions (2b) that are adjacent to respective inside faces of the pair of female arm portions (1b) and are disposed so as to sandwich the cylinder block (7) along an axial direction of the central shaft (6), and the male base portion (2a), which is provided so as to be connected to one end of these male arm portions (2b), each of the male arm portions (2b) is fixedly secured to the cylinder block (7), a bearing hole (11) supporting the central shaft (6) is provided in the pair of male arm portions (2b), and opposite end parts of the central shaft (6) extending through these bearing holes (11) are fixedly secured to the female arm portions respectively (1b).