Door arrester which is joined to a door hinge, for automobile doors

• US 6,516,495 B1
• Filed: 05/17/2001
• Issued: 02/11/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: ED Scharwachter GmbH & Company KG
• Original Assignee: ED Scharwachter GmbH & Company KG
• Inventors: Michalak, Markus
• Primary Examiner(s): Hartmann, Gary S.
• Application Number:
  US09/856,119
• Time in Patent Office: 635 Days
• Field of Search: 163/19, 163/20, 163/21, 163/74, 16D/IG.14, 163/34, 163/66, 163/71, 296/146.11
• US Class Current: 16/320
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 11/1085 specially adapted for vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2201/46 Magnets
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/531 Doors
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 16/14 Magnetic hinge

Abstract

A door stop which is connected to a door hinge and is intended for motor-vehicle doors comprises a holding device, which is connected to the hinge half assigned to one of the two door assembly parts, the door or door pillar, and a braking device, which is connected to the hinge half assigned to the other door assembly part. In the door stop, on the one hand, the braking device has at least two braking and holding bodies (10), which are subjected to a spring load, and, on the other hand, the holding device has at least one latching ramp (28, 29) assigned to the braking and holding bodies. Furthermore, in the door stop the holding device which has at least one latching ramp (28, 29) is formed by an at least annular body (16), which is arranged concentrically with the braking-body carrier (9), and one of the two devices, the holding device or braking device, is driven in a rotating manner as a function of the door movement. It is proposed for the door stop, partly in order to improve its spatial design and partly in order to improve its effectiveness, that the braking device and the holding device are arranged in a parallel alignment, offset laterally with respect to the hinge axis (24), on the hinge half (1) in which the hinge pin (3), is mounted with a running fit.

Claims

1. A door stop connected to a door hinge and intended for motor-vehicle doors, comprising:

a holding device connected to a first hinge half assigned to one of a door or a door pillar; and

a braking device connected to a second hinge half assigned to an other of the door or the door pillar, the first and second hinge halves being connected pivotably to each other by a hinge pin arranged concentrically with a hinge axis,

the braking device having at least two braking and holding bodies which are subjected to a spring load, the holding device having at least one latching ramp which is assigned to the braking and holding bodies, the braking and holding bodies being accommodated in a pre-determined, aligned position in a braking-body carrier and being stressed in a direction of the latching ramp at least using one compression spring,

the holding device, which has the at least one latching ramp, being formed by at least one annular body arranged concentrically with the braking-body carrier,

one of the holding device and braking device being driven in a rotating manner as a function of a door movement so as to define a driven device,

the braking device and the holding device being arranged in a parallel alignment, offset laterally with respect to the hinge axis, on one of the first or second hinge halves in which the hinge pin is mounted with a running fit, and in that a drive of the braking device and the holding device contains a step-up of the rotational speed with respect to the hinge itself, and the braking-body carrier is supported non-rotatably,

the at least one annular body being forcibly drive-connected to the hinge pin in such a manner that the annular body is alternately driven in a rotating manner in one or an opposite direction as a function of an opening or closing movement of the door, the annular body being formed by a disc having a circumferential toothing at least over part of a circumference of the annular body, and via the circumferential toothing is in meshing engagement with a second circumferential toothing of complementary design on the hinge pin.

2. The door stop according to claim 1 wherein the compression spring, which is designed as a helical spring, the braking-body carrier and the at least one annular body are arranged in a mutually concentric alignment lying one above another on a common spindle arranged in a fixed manner aligned parallel to the hinge axis and offset laterally with respect to the hinge pin.

3. The door stop according to claim 1 further comprising a spindle penetrating the compression spring, the braking-body carrier, the braking and holding bodies and the at least one annular body, which together define a braking and holding device which is accommodated as a whole in a recess of at least approximately of cup-shaped design in the one of the first and second hinge halves in which the hinge pin is mounted with a running fit.

4. The door stop according to claim 1 wherein the hinge half in which the hinge pin is mounted with a running fit has an essentially cup-shaped recess formed by a blind hole, which is parallel to a gudgeon hole and partially overlapping the gudgeon hole, at least tangentially, in a headroll region of the hinge half in which the hinge pin is mounted with a running fit.

5. The door stop according to claim 1 wherein the second circumferential toothing is formed by a sleeve with a toothed ring, which is pressed onto the hinge pin.

6. The door stop according to claim 1 wherein the braking-body carrier is supported on the hinge pin in a rotationally secure manner using a radially directed extension arm.

7. The door stop according to claim 1 wherein the braking body carrier has a radially directed extension arm provided with a hole-type recess and has the hinge pin passing through the recess.

8. The door stop according to claim 1 wherein the braking-body carrier is acted upon by the compression spring and another compression spring which are in mutually parallel alignment, are arranged next to each other and are formed by helical springs, one of the compressions spring and the other compression spring being arranged aligned co-axially with the hinge pin and acting on an extension arm of the braking-body carrier.

9. The door stop according to claims 1 wherein a blind hole which accommodates the braking and holding device and overlaps a gudgeon hole partially, at least tangentially, opens into an outer end joint surface of the hinge half in which the hinge pin is mounted with a running fit, and is closed by a closure plate which simultaneously forms a support for a spindle passing through the braking and holding device and also for the compression spring acting upon the braking-body carrier.

10. The door stop according to claim 1 wherein a blind hole, which accommodates the braking and holding device, and a gudgeon hole are closed by a common closure plate, the hinge pin being supported against an outside of the closure plate by a holding or securing disc.

11. A door stop connected to a door hinge and intended for motor-vehicle doors, comprising:

a holding device, which is connected to a first hinge half assigned to one of a door and a door pillar; and

a braking device which is connected to a second hinge half assigned to the other of the door and the door pillar, the braking device having at least two braking and holding bodies which are subjected to a spring load, and the holding device has at least one latching ramp which is assigned to the braking and holding bodies, the braking and holding bodies being accommodated in a predetermined, aligned position in a braking-body carrier and being stressed in the direction of the latching ramp in the holding device at least by one compression spring,

the holding device being formed by at least one annular body arranged concentrically with the braking-body carrier, and one of the holding device and the braking device being driven in a rotating manner as a function of a door movement,

the compression spring, which is designed as a helical spring, the braking-body carrier, the at least one annular body and a spindle passing therethrough defining a braking and holding device,

the braking and holding device being arranged laterally offset with respect to the hinge axis in a parallel alignment on one of the first and second hinge halves in which the hinge pin is mounted with a running fit,

the braking and holding device being assigned an electromagnetic brake which is connected in a rotationally secure manner to the at least one annular body, which is drive-connected by meshing to the hinge pin.

12. The door stop according to claim 11 wherein the electromagnetic brake is connected in a rotationally secure manner to the spindle passing through the braking and holding device, and the spindle is connected by a toothed engagement in a rotationally secure manner to the annular body.

13. The door stop according to claim 11 wherein the electromagnetic brake is accommodated in a housing which is fastened in a rotationally secure manner on an outside of a gudgeon hole and which closes a blind hole which opens into an outer end joint surface of the hinge half in which the hinge pin is mounted with a running fit.