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DOOR CHECKER FOR AUTOMOBILE

  • US 20060230574A1
  • Filed: 04/06/2006
  • Published: 10/19/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A door checker for an automobile, comprising:

  • a case fixed to one of a body and a door of the automobile;

    a check lever movably penetrating the case, oscillatably axis-supported by the other of the body and the door, and provided with a rack on one side face;

    a pinion meshed with the rack and rotatably housed in the case;

    a movable shoe housed in the case so that the movable shoe can be engaged with and disengaged from a tooth portion of the pinion; and

    a check spring for biasing the movable shoe in the direction of engagement with the pinion, wherein the door is held at an arbitrary opening degree by an engaging force of the movable shoe with the pinion due to a biasing force of the check spring.

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