Patent ID: 8689403

Claim:
A motor vehicle door hinge, comprising: a pillar fitting able to be mounted on a vehicle body, and a door fitting able to be mounted on a motor vehicle door, which are connected to each other in an articulated manner by hinge pin connected to either the pillar fitting or the door fitting in a rotation-resistant manner and to the remaining one of the pillar fitting or the door fitting in an articulated manner, and an arresting unit comprising a detent body carrier connected to the hinge pin in a rotation-resistant manner and radially extending to the latter and having a detent body, and a detent element adjustable on the other one of the pillar fitting or the door fitting with respect to the detent body carrier, coaxially arranged with respect to the hinge in exit and in engagement with the detent body and including at least one detent notch, and arranged within a housing surrounding the hinge pin and the detent body barrier, wherein the housing it manufactured of extruded profile and has a top and a bottom housing opening in opposing relationship in the hinge axis direction and closed off by correspondingly formed closure elements, wherein both housing openings are formed in such a manner that they allow the hinge pin provided the detent body carrier access to the housing interior, and wherein the housing interior extending from the top to the bottom housing opening has an inner cross-section remaining essentially uniform in the hinge axis direction.