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Door hinge for a motor vehicle door with a braking and retaining function

US5761769A · kind A · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Ed. Scharwachter GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Lothar Bruckner · Leonberg, DE
Dietmar Franke · Bayreuth, DE
Uwe Kirsten · Witten, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 15, 1996
Grant date	Jun 9, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 15, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE05Y2900/531
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A door hinge for a motor vehicle door provided with a braking and retaining function, and including two hinge halves and a hinge pin extending through gudgeons of the two hinge halves for pivotally connecting the hinge halves together, with the hinge pin being secured in a gudgeon of one of the hinge halves against rotation and extending through a gudgeon of another of the hinge halves with a clearance, the hinge pin and bore of the gudgeon of another of the hinge halves having at least along a portion of their common axial extent, complementary, circumferential regions the circularity of which deviates from a regular circular cross-section of their complementary cylindrical surfaces.

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