US 12,090,823 B2
Vehicle door hinge for a vehicle door, a tailgate hinge, a side door hinge and a vehicle
Magnus Nilsson, Floda (SE); Måns Pihlsgård, Gothenburg (SE); and Jonathan Johansson, Gothenburg (SE)
Assigned to Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Dev. Co., Ltd., Ningbo (CN); and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd., Zhejiang (CN)
Filed by Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Development Co., Ltd., Ningbo (CN); and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd., Zhejiang (CN)
Filed on Jun. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/838,989.
Application 17/838,989 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/137156, filed on Dec. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19218250 (EP), filed on Dec. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0307311 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B60J 5/10 (2006.01); E05D 11/08 (2006.01); E05D 11/10 (2006.01); E05F 1/12 (2006.01); E05F 15/43 (2015.01); E05F 15/48 (2015.01); E05F 15/60 (2015.01); E05F 15/75 (2015.01); E05F 15/73 (2015.01)
CPC B60J 5/10 (2013.01) [E05D 11/082 (2013.01); E05D 11/1007 (2013.01); E05D 11/1085 (2013.01); E05F 1/1292 (2013.01); E05F 15/43 (2015.01); E05F 15/48 (2015.01); E05F 15/60 (2015.01); E05F 15/75 (2015.01); E05F 2015/434 (2015.01); E05F 2015/765 (2015.01); E05Y 2900/546 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A vehicle door hinge for a vehicle door opening vertically, comprising:
a first hinge part adapted to be attached to a vehicle frame comprising a pivot attachment means,
a second hinge part adapted to be attached to the vehicle door attached to the pivot attachment means of the first hinge part configured to allow the second hinge part to rotate the vehicle door in an opening direction or closing direction between a closed position and an open position,
a stopper part attached to the pivot attachment means of the first hinge part at a distance from a mass centre of the stopper part,
a locking mechanism for locking the stopper part position relative the second hinge part, wherein the locking mechanism is moveable between an unlocked position and a locked position,
wherein the stopper part in the unlocked position is arranged to be moved by gravity to a resting position where it is adjacent or abutting the first hinge part and stopped by the first hinge part from rotating in the opening direction but free to rotate in the other direction.