Manufacturing method of vehicle door hinge and vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11434676-B2
Application number	US-201816641815-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2018
Priority date	Mar 15, 2018
Publication date	Sep 6, 2022
Grant date	Sep 6, 2022

Abstract

A vehicle door hinge that has a desorption function while enabling weight reduction and increasing production efficiency. The vehicle door hinge comprises a base member (2U) fixed to the door-side of the vehicle, a base member (3U) fixed to the vehicle body side; a hinge shaft (4U) rotatably connects the base members (2U, 3U) to each other; a screwed body (5U) that is detachably screwed in the axial direction to the hinge shaft (4U) so that the base member (3U) and the hinge shaft (4U) rotate integrally; bushes (6U, 7U) fitted into a shaft holes (22U) of the base member (2U) so that the base member (2U) and the hinge shaft can rotate relative to each other; and a retaining portion (8U) for preventing the hinge shaft (4U) from coming off from the shaft hole (22U) of the base member. The base members (2U, 3U) are cast from aluminum alloy.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. In a manufacturing method of a vehicle door hinge which supports a door to a vehicle body in a state openable and closable, the vehicle door hinge comprises:
a door-side base member having a mounting hole into which a bolt for fixing to the door is inserted, and an axial hole extending in a direction perpendicular to the mounting hole;
a vehicle body-side base member having a mounting hole into which a bolt for fixing to the vehicle body is inserted, and an axial hole extending in a direction perpendicular to the mounting hole,
a hinge shaft that is inserted into a shaft hole of the door-side base member and a shaft hole of the vehicle body-side base member, respectively, and connects the door-side base member and the vehicle body-side base member that can be rotatable with respect to each other;
a screwed body that is detachably screwed to one end of the hinge shaft in an axial direction so that the base member on either one of the door-side or the vehicle body-side and the hinge shaft rotate together;
a bush interposed between the shaft hole of the other base member and the other end portion of the hinge shaft so that the other of the base member on the door side or the vehicle body side and the hinge shaft rotate relative to each other, and
a retaining portion for preventing the other end portion of the hinge shaft from coming off from the shaft hole of the other base member in the axial direction,
wherein all parts of the at least one base member of the door-side or the vehicle body-side and the vehicle body-side base member is manufactured by casting using an aluminum alloy as a material.

2. The manufacturing method of the vehicle door hinge according to claim 1 , wherein the screwed body has a conical portion that comes into contact with one tapered portion provided at one inlet of the shaft hole of the one base member,
wherein the hinge shaft has an enlarged diameter conical portion that comes into contact with the other tapered portion provided at the other entrance opposite to the one entrance of the shaft hole of the one base member,
wherein the conical angle of the conical portion of the screwed body is smaller than the taper angle of the one tapered portion, and
wherein the conical angle of the enlarged diameter conical portion of the hinge shaft is larger than the conical angle of the conical portion of the screwed body and smaller than the taper angle of the other tapered portion.

3. The manufacturing method of the vehicle door hinge according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle door hinge includes an upper door hinge that supports the upper part of the door, and a lower door hinge that supports the lower part of the door,
wherein the upper door hinge is configured such that the screwed body is detachably screwed to one end of the hinge shaft from below, and
wherein the lower door hinge is configured such that the screwed body is detachably screwed onto one end of the hinge shaft from above.

4. A vehicle door hinge which supports a door to a vehicle body in a state openable and closable, wherein the vehicle door hinge includes an upper door hinge that supports the upper part of the door, and a lower door hinge that supports the lower part of the door,
the vehicle door hinge comprising: a door-side base member having a mounting hole into which a bolt for fixing to the door is inserted, and an axial hole extending in a direction perpendicular to the mounting hole;
a vehicle body-side base member having a mounting hole into which a bolt for fixing to the vehicle body is inserted, and an axial hole extending in a direction perpendicular to the mounting hole,
a hinge shaft that is inserted into a shaft hole of the door-side base member and a shaft hole of the vehicle body-side base member, respectively, and connects the door-side base member and the vehicle body-side base member that can be rotatable with respect to each other;
a screwed body that is detachably screwed to one end of the hinge shaft in an axial direction so that the base member on either one of the door-side or the vehicle body-side and the hinge shaft rotate together;
a bush interposed between the shaft hole of the other base member and the other end portion of the hinge shaft so that the other of the base member on the door side or the vehicle body side and the hinge shaft rotate relative to each other, and
a retaining portion for preventing the other end portion of the hinge shaft from coming off from the shaft hole of the other base member in the axial direction,
wherein the upper door hinge is configured such that the screwed body is detachably screwed to one end of the hinge shaft from below,
wherein the lower door hinge is configured such that the screwed body is detachably screwed onto one end of the hinge shaft from above,
wherein the screwed body has a conical portion that comes into contact with one tapered portion provided at one inlet of the shaft hole of the one base member,
wherein the hinge shaft has, integrally formed, a male screw portion provided on the outer periphery of the hinge shaft and detachably screwed to a female threaded portion provided on the inner peripheral surface of the screwed body, a rotation portion rotatably inserted into the shaft hole of the door side base member and the shaft hole of the vehicle body side base member, and an enlarged diameter conical portion provided between the male screw portion and the rotation portion and having a larger diameter than the rotation portion and comes into contact with the other tapered portion provided at the other entrance opposite to the one entrance of the shaft hole of the one base member,
wherein the enlarged diameter conical portion of the hinge shaft has a serration,
wherein the conical angle of the conical portion of the screwed body is smaller than the taper angle of the one tapered portion,
wherein the conical angle of the enlarged diameter conical portion of the hinge shaft is smaller than the taper angle of the other tapered portion, and
wherein the vehicle door hinge is configured such that, due to the relationship of the angles, the conical portion of the screwed body is internally fitted to the one tapered portion and the serration of the hinge shaft is internally fitted to the other tapered portion by a wedge action.

Assignees

• Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corp

Inventors

• Morinaga Hiroshi
• Kondo Makoto
• Sato Kumiko

Classifications

• E05D5/0207

  for attachment to vehicles (E05D5/043, E05D5/062 take precedence) · CPC title

• E05Y2800/45

  Manufacturing · CPC title

• E05D3/02 Primary

  with one pin · CPC title

• C25D11/04

  of aluminium or alloys based thereon · CPC title

• C25D7/00

  Electroplating characterised by the article coated · CPC title