Patent ID: 6070296
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: E05D,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
A detachable door hinge for motor vehicle doors, comprising:two hinge halves securable to parts of a motor vehicle door assembly, a door and a door pillar, respectively, each of the two hinge halves having two spaced, aligned with each other gudgeons;two hinge pin stubs fixedly secured in respective gudgeons of one of the two hinge halves, the two hinge pin stubs extending, in an attached position of the hinge, into complementary gudgeons of another of the two hinge halves; andmeans for mutually locking the two hinge halves in pivotal positions thereof corresponding to both a closed position of the door and a partially open position of the door,wherein each of the two hinge halves is formed of a folded section of sheet metal and has, at least in a region of a hinge axis, a U-shaped cross-sectional profile, with respective gudgeons being formed in legs of respective hinge halves, with the base of the another of the two hinge halves overlapping a base of the one of the two hinge halves, and with a leg of the another of the two hinge halves extending between legs of the another of the two hinge halves, andwherein the base of the another of the two hinge halves has a slot extending parallel to and adjoining a leg of the another of the two hinge halves for receiving an associated leg of the one of the two hinge halves, and a widened recess adjoining the slot and extending in a direction of the hinge axis, the widened recess having a width corresponding to a length of a portion of a respective hinge pin stub projecting beyond the gudgeon of the one of the two hinge halves.