Automotive door hinge with structural integrated pivot
CA 2354796 A1 · Owner: Gruber, Rudolf · Inventors: Gruber, Rudolf
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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An automotive hinge comprises: a door component adapted to be mounted to a vehicular closure panel, comprising a conical pivot axis aperture; a body component adapted to be mounted to a vehicular body structure comprising a, pivot arm; the door component and the body component being adapted to rotate about a pivot axis; an upstanding conical structural feature extending from the, body component and adapted to be coaxially aligned with the pivot axis and structurally fixed to the pivot arm of the body component; such that when the hinge is assembled the door component interleaves over the body component dimensionally locating the components by means of the walls of the conical pivot, axis …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed August 2, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 2, 2021.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by August 2, 2023.
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