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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1976
Filed:
May. 27, 1975
Gary A Wize, Washington, MI (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A door hold-open mechanism including a door hinge member and a body bracket member pivotally interconnected by a hinge pin, a hinge sector secured to the hinge member and having at least four door stop detent slots or pockets formed therein, a directional cam pivotally mounted on the hinge pin and frictionally connected to the hinge sector and having a pair of seats and an intermediate cam slot formed thereon adjacent the detent slots, a torque-rod mounted on the bracket member, a roller mounted on an end portion of the torque-rod and urged by the torque-rod into one of the four detent slots of the hinge member when the door is stopped and urged by an edge of the intermediate cam slot onto the adjacent seat of the directional cam while the door is in motion, overriding the detent slots until the door is once again stopped.