US 12,392,182 B2
Releasable hinge assembly
Jeannette Young, Auburn Hills, MI (US); Timothy Young, Auburn Hills, MI (US); and Daniel Edmunds, Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to Teijin Automotive Technologies, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed by Teijin Automotive Technologies, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/418,411.
Application 18/418,411 is a division of application No. 17/741,640, filed on May 11, 2022, granted, now 11,905,750.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/213,822, filed on Jun. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0159090 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. E05D 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC E05D 7/1066 (2013.01) [E05D 7/1011 (2013.01); E05D 2007/1027 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/55 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A releasable hinge assembly comprising:
a mounting bracket having a first mounting plate and two pin tabs extending from the first mounting plate, a first of the two pin tabs having a first pin extending therefrom and a second of the two pin tabs defining a through hole therein;
a hinge bracket having a second mounting plate and a knuckle extending therefrom, the knuckle having a wall that defines a pin channel therein, the wall of the knuckle defining a first cutout at a first end of the knuckle configured to receive the first pin into the pin channel, the wall of the knuckle further defining a second cutout near a second end of the knuckle, the second cutout being L-shaped; and
a spring biased locking mechanism having a pawl arm and a second pin, the locking mechanism positioned within the pin channel of the hinge bracket with the pawl arm positioned within and projecting from the second cutout and the second pin being coaxial within the pin channel, the pawl arm configured to move within the second cutout to push the second pin beyond the second end of the knuckle and through the through hole defined in the second pin tab of the mounting bracket.