Hinging system for automobile doors with hinge halves welded to body and door

Claim 2

In a hinging system for an automobile door in which there are hinge members on the door and body that are permanently and nonadjustably fixed to said door and body, respectively, and in which said hinge members are adapted to be pivotally connected together by a pintle, the pintle being pivotally received in aligned holes in knuckles on one of said hinge members, the improvement which consists of a bushing having a hole provided therein longitudinally thereof in which the pintle is received with a rotatable fit, the bushing being rotatably adjustable in a hole provided in the other of said hinge members, the axis of the hole in said bushing being eccentrically positioned with respect to the axis of said bushing, said bushing having a polygonal portion on which a wrench may be engaged for rotary adjustment of the bushing, said bushing being of a length to reach from the inner side of one outer hinge knuckle to the inner side of the other outer hinge knuckle, said pintle having a head on one end abutting the outer side of one knuckle of the outer hinge member and a threaded portion on the other end projecting from the outer side of the other knuckle of the outer hinge member, and a jam nut threaded on the projecting threaded end of said pintle and tightenable so as to clamp the bushing endwise between said knuckles in its rotatably adjusted position.

Claim 3

In a hinging system for an automobile door in which there are hinge members on the door and body that are permanently and nonadjustably fixed to said door and body, respectively, and in which said hinge members are adapted to be pivotally connected together by a pintle, the pintle being pivotally received in aligned holes in knuckles on one of said hinge members, the improvement which consists of a bushing having a hole provided therein longitudinally thereof in which the pintle is received with a rotatable fit, the bushing being rotatably adjustable in a hole provided in the other of said hinge members, the axis of the hole in said bushing being eccentrically positioned with respect to the axis of said bushing, said bushing having a polygonal portion on which a wrench may be engaged for rotary adjustment of the bushing, said bushing being of a length to reach from the inner side of one outer hinge knuckle to the inner side of the other outer hinge knuckle, said pintle having a head on one end abutting the outer side of one knuckle of the outer hinge member and a threaded portion on the other end projecting from the outer side of the other knuckle of the outer hinge member, and a jam nut threaded on the projecting threaded end of said pintle and tightenable so as to clamp the bushing endwise between said knuckles in its rotatably adjusted position.

Claim 4

In a hinging system for an automobile door in which there are hinge members on the door and body that are permanently and nonadjustably fixed to said door and body, respectively, and in which said hinge members are adapted to be pivotally connected together by a pintle, the pintle being pivotally received in aligned holes in knuckles on one of said hinge members, the improvement which consists of a bushing having a hole provided therein longitudinally thereof in which the pintle is received with a rotatable fit, the bushing being rotatably adjustable in a hole provided in the other of said hinge members, the axis of the hole in said bushing being eccentrically positioned with respect to the axis of said bushing, said bushing having a polygonal portion on which a wrench may be engaged for rotary adjustment of the bushing, said bushing being of a length to reach from the inner side of one outer hinge knuckle to the inner side of the other outer hinge knuckle, said pintle having a head on one end abutting the outer side of one knuckle of the outer hinge member and a threaded portion on the other end projecting from the outer side of the other knuckle of the outer hinge member, and a jam nut threaded on the projecting threaded end of said pintle and tightenable so as to clamp the bushing endwise between said knuckles in its rotatably adjusted position.

Claim 5

A hinging system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said polygonal portion is in the form of a head on one end of said bushing spacing one of the knuckles of the inner hinge member from the adjacent knuckle of the outer hinge member.

Claim 6

A hinging system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the pintle is held against turning relative to the knuckles of said outer hinge member.

Claim 7

A hinging system as set forth in claim 3 wherein the pintle is held against turning relative to the knuckles of said outer hinge member by a polygonal shank portion next to the head received in a polygonal hole provided in the adjacent one of the knuckles mentioned.

Claim 8

A hinging system as set forth in claim 1 including an index mark on one of the knuckles of the inner hinge member relative to which the bushing is rotatably adjustable, and cooperating index marks provided on the bushing in circumferentially spaced relation with captions adjacent each to indicate the extent of rotary adjustment of the bushing.

Claim 9

A hinging system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the metallic hinge members on the metallic door and body are welded to said door and body, respectively.

Claim 10

In a hinging system for an automobile door in which there are hinge members on the door and body that are permanently and nonadjustably fixed to said door and body, respectively, and in which said hinge members are adapted to be pivotally connected together by a pintle, the pintle being pivotally received in aligned holes in knuckles on one of said hinge members, the improvement which consists of a bushing having a hole provided therein longitudinally thereof in which the pintle is received with a rotatable fit, the bushing being rotatably adjustable in a hole provided in the other of said hinge members, the axis of the hole in said bushing being eccentrically positioned with respect to the axis of said bushing, means for adjustably fixing said bushing in a given position of rotary adjustment in the last mentioned hinge member, a torsion-bar for hold-open purposes mounted in prestressed condition on one of said hinge members and having a resilient deflectable bar portion which in the opening of the door engages and is deflected by a striker detent on the other of said hinge members as the deflectable bar portion moves past the same, said striker detent being mounted on an elongated plate pivotally connected at one end to the pintle and guided for endwise movement relative to the latter hinge member, whereby to maintain a predetermined operative relationship with the torsion-bar regardless of the extent of rotary adjustment of the bushing.

Claim 11

In a hinging system for an automobile door in which there are hinge members on the door and body that are permanently and nonadjustably fixed to said door and body, respectively, and in which said hinge members are adapted to be pivotally connected together by a pintle, the pintle being pivotally received in aligned holes in knuckles on one of said hinge members, the improvement which consists of a bushing having a hole provided therein longitudinally thereof in which the pintle is received with a rotatable fit, the bushing being rotatably adjustable in a hole provided in the other of said hinge members, the axis of the hole in said bushing being eccentrically positioned with respect to the axis of said bushing, means for adjustably fixing said bushing in a given position of rotary adjustment in the last mentioned hinge member, a torsion-bar for hold-open purposes mounted in prestressed condition on one of said hinge members and having a resilient deflectable bar portion which in the opening of the door engages and is deflected by a striker detent on the other of said hinge members as the deflectable bar portion moves past the same, said striker detent being mounted on an elongated plate pivotally connected at one end to the pintle and guided for endwise movement relative to the latter hinge member, whereby to maintain a predetermined operative relationship with the torsion-bar regardless of the extent of rotary adjustment of the bushing.

Claim 12

A hinging system as set forth in claim 7 wherein the bushing has a polygonal portion on which a wrench may be engaged for rotary adjustment of the bushing and is of a length to reach from the inner side of one outer hinge knuckle to the inner side of the other outer hinge knuckle, and said pintle has a head on one end abutting the outer side of one knuckle of the outer hinge member and a threaded portion on the other end projecting from the outer side of the other knuckle of the outer hinge member, and there being a jam nut threaded on the projecting threaded end of said pintle and tightenable so as to clamp the bushing endwise between said knuckles in its rotatably adjusted position.

Claim 13

A hinging system as set forth in claim 7 wherein the bushing has a polygonal portion on which a wrench may be engaged for rotary adjustment of the bushing and is of a length to reach from the inner side of one outer hinge knuckle to the inner side of the other outer hinge knuckle, and said pintle has a head on one end abutting the outer side of one knuckle of the outer hinge member and a threaded portion on the other end projecting from the outer side of the other knuckle of the outer hinge member, and there being a jam nut threaded on the projecting threaded end of said pintle and tightenable so as to clamp the bushing endwise between said knuckles in its rotatably adjusted position, the polygonal portion being in the form of a head on one end of said bushing spacing one of the knuckles of the inner hinge member from the adjacent knuckle of the outer hinge member.

Claim 14

A hinging system as set forth in claim 7 wherein the pintle is held against turning relative to the knuckles of said outer hinge member.

Claim 15

A hinging system as set forth in claim 7 wherein the pintle is held against turning relative to the knuckles of said outer hinge member by a polygonal shank portion next to the head received in a polygonal hole provided in the adjacent one of the knuckles mentioned.

Claim 16

A hinging system as set forth in claim 7 including an index mark on one of the knuckles of the inner hinge member relative to which the bushing is rotatably adjustable, and cooperating index marks provided on the bushing in circumferentially spaced relation with captions adjacent each to indicate the extent of rotary adjustment of the bushing.