Patent ID: 8156611

Claim:
A vehicle door attachment unit for rotatably and detachably coupling a vehicle door to a vehicle body, the unit comprising: a bodyside bracket mountable to the vehicle body and having a portion extending generally away from the vehicle body, the portion having an aperture; a doorside bracket mountable to the vehicle door and having a segment extending generally away from the vehicle door, the segment having a further aperture alignable with the aperture in the portion of the bodyside bracket; a retainer extending into at least one of the apertures; a fastener extending through at least one of the apertures and capable of mating with the retainer to substantially align the apertures; a non-circular washer around the retainer; and a rotation member operatively engaged with the retainer for providing rotational freedom between the retainer and one of the bodyside and doorside brackets, wherein the retainer and rotation member remain assembled as a subassembly on one of the doorside bracket and bodyside bracket during detachment of the doorside bracket from the bodyside bracket, and wherein the non-circular washer comprises a non-circular inset, wherein torque can be loaded on the washer to transmit load to a mating portion of the retainer mechanism.