Door check for automobiles

• US 4,788,743 A
• Filed: 09/23/1987
• Issued: 12/06/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1986
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha 1 2-Chome Asahi-Machi Kariya City Aichi PREF Japan
• Original Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: Okumura, Junji
• Primary Examiner(s): Godici, Nicholas P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BATTEN JR, J REED
• Application Number:
  US07/100,306
• Time in Patent Office: 440 Days
• Field of Search: 16/82, 16/85, 16/86 A, 16/86 B, 16/86 C, 16/86 R, 16/332, 16/337, 16/341, 16/344, 16/345, 16/347
• US Class Current: 16/82
• CPC Class Codes: E05C 17/203 concealed, e.g. for vehicles

Abstract

A door check for holding a vehicle door to any desired open position relative to the vehicle body includes a lever connected to the vehicle body, a casing connected to the door and receiving a roller holder for relative movement between the door and the vehicle body. The roller holder has a hollow portion for giving resiliency to the holder for eliminating the noises caused by the gap otherwise provided between the two.

Claims

1. A door check for automobiles comprising;

a lever means one end thereof to be secured to a vehicle body;

a casing to be secured to a vehicle door to be rotatable therewith with respect to the vehicle body;

a roller holder accommodated in the casing and having roller means therein to be in contact with and relatively movable with the lever means; and

the roller holder further including a hollow portion at one side thereof, the hollow portion extending in the direction crossing the lever longitudinal direction, whereby the hollow portion serves to have resilient force between the casing and the roller holder upon door opening or closing operation.

2. A door check of claim 1 further including a further hollow portion at the other side of the roller holder extending in the direction crossing or transverse to the lever longitudinal direction.

3. A door check of claim 1 wherein the hollow portion is provided at each corner of the roller holder for resiliently inserted into the casing to eliminate any gap therebetween.