Patent ID: 6880204

Claim:
A checker-equipped door hinge comprising a first hinge arm fixedly attached to one of a body and a door, a second hinge arm fixedly attached to the other one of the body and the door, a hinge pin connecting the first and second hinge arms in a relatively pivotable manner, and a checker formed separate from and disposed between the first and second hinge arms, wherein the checker includes a check cam that has a plurality of detent notches and is attached to the first hinge arm, a roller that can sequentially engage with the plurality of detent notches in response to the pivoting of the first and second hinge arms relative to each other, and a check spring that is mounted in the second hinge arm and biases the roller in a direction in which the roller engages with the detent notches, wherein the second hinge arm has a first notch provided on the front surface of a fixed base fixedly attached to said other one of the body and the door, the first notch being parallel to the hinge pin, and has a second notch provided on the reverse surface of the fixed base at a position spaced from the first notch toward the side opposite to the hinge pin, the check spring is formed from a single length of spring wire rod so as to have a torsion shaft portion supported in the first notch, a fixed end portion supported in the second notch, a free end portion rotatably supporting the roller, a U-shaped fixed arm portion providing a connection between the fixed end portion and one end of the torsion shaft portion, and a U-shaped movable arm portion providing a connection between the other end of the torsion shaft portion and the free end portion, and a set loading is applied to the torsion shaft portion in a twisting direction such that the free end portion is biased toward the detent notch side.