Patent ID: 8266764

Claim:
A hinge for a cargo box or other article, comprising: a first and a second hinge leaf, the second hinge leaf has a first bearing bushing and a second bearing bushing set apart from the first bearing bushing, a bearing bushing of the first hinge leaf is rotatable about a common hinge axis between the first and second bearing bushings, an axle tube locked in rotation with the bearing bushing of the first hinge leaf and is supported in the bearing bushings of the second hinge leaf so that it rotates, a torsion spring arranged in the axle tube and mounted with one end on the axle tube, a torque converter support that locks the other end of the torsion spring in rotation with the second hinge leaf, and a damper for hinge motion connected to the second hinge leaf and the axle tube, a cylindrical hollow space is formed by the three bearing bushings ( 65 a , 65 b , 65 c ) together, wherein the damper ( 56 ) has smaller outside dimensions than inside dimensions of the second bearing bushing ( 65 b ) and the bearing bushing ( 65 c ) of the first hinge leaf ( 51 ) so that the damper ( 56 ) is slidable through the second bearing bushing ( 65 b ) and the bearing bushing ( 65 c ) of the first hinge leaf ( 51 ), and the damper ( 56 ), the axle tube ( 53 ) containing the torsion spring ( 58 ), and the torque converter support ( 54 a ) are inserted successively from an outer opening of the second bearing bushing ( 65 b ) of the second hinge leaf ( 52 ) into the cylindrical hollow space from a same side of the hinge so that an end of the first bearing bushing on an axially opposite side of the hinge can remain closed or inaccessible, and the torque converter support ( 54 a ) in the second bearing bushing ( 65 b ) is prevented from rotation and axial displacement by a securing device ( 54 d , 68 a , 70 , 72 ).