Oiles Corporation

Ohi Seisakusho Co., Ltd.

Toshiaki Hatano

Yoichi Nakamura

Shigenori Taga

Kouichi Tsunoda

Takayuki Miyaji

Tadayoshi Umeki

Masayuki Kohama

Kenjiro Makishima

A door hinge assembly is disclosed, which comprises a door hinge assembly for pivotally connecting a door to a fixed structure. The assembly comprises a first wing member secured to the fixed structure, the first wing member having first aligned bores formed therethrough; a second wing member secured to the door, the second wing member having second aligned bores formed therethrough, the first and second wing members being so arranged that all of the first and second aligned bores are aligned; a pivot shaft passing through the aligned first and second bores to pivotally connect the first and second wing members; plastically deformable bushes respectively disposed in the second bores while rotatably receiving therein the pivot shaft; a first structure for suppressing rotation of the pivot shaft relative to the first bores; and a second structure for suppressing rotation of the bushes relative to the second bores. Each bush includes a tubular part intimately and tightly received in the corresponding one of the second bores, and a first flange part integrally formed on one end of the tubular part and intimately contacting with one surface of the second wing member. The bush further includes a slit which extends axially throughout the tubular and flange parts thereby providing the bush with circumferentially opposed terminal end portions.

Automotive door hinge assembly, bush employed therein and method for

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Yokohama, Japan

Toshiaki Hatano