Patent ID: 7913354
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An automobile door checker comprising a case secured to one of an automobile body and a door pivotably supported on the automobile body, a check plate that runs movably through the case and is coupled to the other one of the body and the door, a detent member slidably fitted into and retained by the case so as to retain the door at a predetermined open position in cooperation with a detent face of the check plate, and a resilient member that is made of a resilient material, is provided in a compressed state in a housing chamber defined between an outer end face of the detent member on a side opposite to the check plate and an inner end face of the case opposite the outer end face, and generates a detent force between the detent member and the detent face, wherein the resilient member is formed so as to substantially fill the housing chamber, the resilient member is provided with a hole portion that allows resilient deformation of the resilient member, the hole portion being sealed by the outer end face and the inner end face, and one half of the resilient member on the outer end face side and the other half on the inner end face side are symmetrical, wherein annular seal lips are formed on an outer face of the resilient member, the annular seal lips surrounding an open end of the hole portion and being in intimate contact with the outer end face and the inner end face.