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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2004
Mark E. Brown, Bellefountain, OH (US);
Marc D. Iman, Plain City, OH (US);
Shawn Sullivan, Marysville, OH (US);
Cindy Tran, Plain City, OH (US);
Mark E. Brown, Bellefountain, OH (US);
Marc D. Iman, Plain City, OH (US);
Shawn Sullivan, Marysville, OH (US);
Cindy Tran, Plain City, OH (US);
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An integrated hinge system that provides for temporary checking of a vehicle door is provided, the system including a hinge pin, a door hinge bracket, a pillar hinge bracket, and a latching device. The latching device is releasably affixed to the door hinge bracket and rotates with the door hinge bracket relative to the hinge pin and the pillar bracket. One of the hinge pin and the pillar bracket define engagement points that the latching device engages to releasably retain the door hinge bracket in any one of at least two angular orientations relative to the pillar hinge bracket.