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Separable door hinge for vehicle body

  • US 4,881,298 A
  • Filed: 07/21/1988
  • Issued: 11/21/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/21/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A separable door hinge for removably hanging a door on a vehicle body comprising:

  • first and second hinge leaves mounted respectively upon the body and the door,one of said hinge leaves having a pivot pin mounted thereon and the other hinge leaf having a hinge aperture adapted to engage the pivot pin to establish a door hinge pivot axis, said first and second leaves having portions bearing upon one another through a range of door pivoting movement so that the engagement is maintained between the hinge aperture and the pivot pin,said door being separable from the body by pivoting the door beyond the range of door pivoting movement to disengage the bearing portions of the hinge leaves from one another and lifting the door axially of the hinge pivot axis to disengage the hinge aperture and the pivot pin,and means provided on the hinge leaves adapted to facilitate rehanging of the door on the body by providing an auxiliary pivot axis offset from and parallel with respect to the door hinge pivot axis operable during attempted rehanging of the door and serving to enable swinging movement of the door about the auxiliary pivot axis to carry the pivot pin and the pivot aperature into axial alignment with one another so that the door mounted hinge leaf may be lowered onto the body mounted hinge leaf to then enable pivoting movement of the door about the door hinge pivot axis to within the normal range of door pivoting movement.

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