Patent ID: 6539598
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: B26F,E05D,Y10T

Abstract:
A hinge part blank assembly comprising a plurality of hinge part blanks integral with each other, each of said hinge part blanks being adapted to serve as at least one of a motor vehicle body side hinge and a motor vehicle door side hinge, the assembly having a selected one of a Y-shaped configuration and a T-shaped configuration, each of said hinge part blanks comprising a plurality of leaf portions, each extending from a bracket portion, each of said leaf portions having openings therein for receiving securing pins and each of said bracket portions having a bore therein for receiving a hinge pin, a first group of said leaves being aligned to from a first leg of the selected configuration of blank assembly, a second group of said leaves being aligned to form a second leg of the selected configuration of blank assembly, and the bracket portions extending from the leaves of the first and second legs being in a single alignment to form a third leg of the selected configuration of blank assembly, the blank assembly being divisible and separable to provide individual ones of the motor vehicle body side and motor vehicle door side hinge parts.