Patent ID: 9551176
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: E05D,E05Y,Y10T

Claim:
1. A door hinge for an automobile, comprising a first bracket fixed to an automobile body by a bolt, a second bracket fixed to a door, and a hinge pin pivotably linking these two brackets, the first bracket comprising a base plate having opposed ends along a horizontal axis, wherein one end of the opposed ends is fixed to the automobile body and an opposite end thereof attaches to the second bracket at a door side, the first bracket having a bolt hole through which the bolt is inserted, a pair of arm plates that rise upright from upper and lower edges of the baseplate at the end, on the door side and support the hinge pin, and a pair of ribs extending horizontally from each arm plate toward the one end of the base plate and rising upright from the upper and lower edges of the base plate perpendicular to the base plate, so as to oppose each other with the bolt hole interposed therebetween, wherein the opposed ends of the base plate are open, and each rib has a thickness in a direction perpendicular to the horizontal axis that is larger than a thickness of each arm plate in the direction perpendicular to the horizontal axis.