Door installation arrangement for vehicle

• US 5,244,247 A
• Filed: 08/06/1992
• Issued: 09/14/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ikeda Bussan Co., Ltd. (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Original Assignee: Ikeda Bussan Co., Ltd. (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Inventors: Kuwabara, Akira
• Primary Examiner(s): SONG, ROBERT
• Application Number:
  US07/925,186
• Time in Patent Office: 404 Days
• Field of Search: 296/146 H, 296/146 I, 49/502, 16/365, 16/366
• US Class Current: 296/146.12
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 5/047 characterised by the opening or closing movement
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/0243 Doors
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/0275 comprising removable or hinged parts for accessing storage compartments B60R7/04; for airbag deployment B60R21/215
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2013/0287 integrating other functions or accessories
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 3/127 for vehicle doors
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/531 Doors

Abstract

A door installation arrangement adapted to widely open a door of an automotive vehicle. The door installation arrangement is comprised of a double hinge member which has a first end section hingedly connected to a door body side, and a second end section hingedly connected to a vehicle body side. A hinge trim is disposed separate from the double hinge member to decoratively cover the double hinge member. The hinge trim is hingedly connected at its front end within the vehicle body side through a sub-double hinge member and at its rear end with a door trim through a hinge member.

Claims

1. A door installation arrangement for a vehicle, comprising:

a double hinge member having a first end section hingedly connected to a door body of the vehicle, and a second end section hingedly connected to a vehicle body of the vehicle;

a hinge trim movably disposed on an inboard side of and separate from said double hinge member, said hinge trim having first and second end sections;

a hinge member through which said first end section of said hinge trim is hingedly connected to a door trim; and

a sub-hinge member through which said second end section of said hinge trim is connected to a member in close proximity to said vehicle body.

2. A door installation arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second end section of said hinge trim is hingedly connected to said vehicle body.

3. A door installation arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second end section of said hinge trim is indirectly connected to said vehicle body.

4. A door installation arrangement as claimed in claim 3, wherein said second end section of said hinge trim is hingedly connected with said second end section of said double hinge member.

5. A door installation arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein said double hinge member has a first axis at said first end section, and a second axis at said second end section, said double hinge member being rotatable around each of said first and second axes.

6. A door installation arrangement as claimed in claim 5, wherein said first axis is that of a drive shaft of a first motor fixedly connected to said door body, and said second axis is that of a drive shaft of a second motor fixedly connected to said vehicle body.

7. A door installation arrangement as claimed in claim 5, wherein said first axis is that of a first hinge pin connected to said door body, and said second axis is that of a second hinge pin connected to said vehicle body.

8. A door installation arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein said sub-hinge member is a sub-double hinge member which has a first end section at which a third hinge pin is disposed and connected to said hinge trim, and a second end section at which a fourth hinge pin is disposed and connected to said member in close proximity to said vehicle body, said sub-double hinge being rotatable around an axis of each of said third and fourth hinge pins.