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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2022
Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Development Co., Ltd., Ningbo, CN;
Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd., Zhejiang, CN;
Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Dev. Co., Ltd., Ningbo, CN;
Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd., Zhejiang, CN;
Abstract
A vehicle door hinge for a vehicle door opening vertically includes a first hinge part attached to a vehicle frame having a pivot attachment means, a second hinge part attached to the door attached to the pivot attachment means to allow the second hinge part to rotate the door in an opening or closing direction, a stopper part attached to the pivot attachment means at a distance from a mass centre of the stopper part, a locking mechanism for locking the stopper part position relative the second hinge part. The locking mechanism is moveable between an unlocked position and a locked position. The stopper part in the unlocked position is arranged to be moved by gravity to a resting position where it is adjacent or abutting the first hinge part and stopped by the first hinge part from rotating in the opening direction but free to rotate in the other direction.