IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,530,559
Granted Patent B2
US 11,530,559 · App. 17/340,547 · Granted Dec 20, 2022

Hinge

Inventors: Shigeya Nakamura (Tokyo, JP); Kyoichi Tomita (Tokyo, JP); Teruhiko Iwata (Tokyo, JP); Shigeo Suzuki (Tagawa, JP); Masayuki Onodera (Tagawa, JP); Yasuko Aizawa (Tagawa, JP)
Assignee: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
E05D5/062E05D3/02E05Y2800/674E05Y2800/676E05Y2900/532
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,530,559
App. No.
17/340,547
Granted
Dec 20, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hinge includes: a vehicle body-side hinge member that includes a vehicle body attachment portion for attachment to a vehicle body; a back door-side hinge member that includes a door attachment portion for attachment to a back door and a coupling portion extending from the door attachment portion toward the vehicle body-side hinge member, the coupling portion including a reinforcing rib on both edges in a width direction intersecting an extension direction of the coupling portion; and a rotational support member that couples an end portion, at a side of the vehicle body-side hinge member, of the coupling portion together with the vehicle body-side hinge member, and that supports the vehicle body-side hinge member and the back door-side hinge member so as to allow relative rotation of the vehicle body-side hinge member and the back door-side hinge member.

Claims (7)

1. A hinge, comprising:

a vehicle body-side hinge member that includes a vehicle body attachment portion for attachment to a vehicle body;

a back door-side hinge member that includes a door attachment portion for attachment to a back door and a coupling portion extending from the door attachment portion toward the vehicle body-side hinge member, the back door-side hinge member including a reinforcing rib which is continuous along an entire periphery of an edge portion of the door attachment portion such that the reinforcing rib extends from a first edge, in a width direction intersecting an extension direction of the coupling portion, to a second edge, in the width direction intersecting the extension direction of the coupling portion; and

a rotational support member that couples an end portion, at a side of the vehicle body-side hinge member, of the coupling portion together with the vehicle body-side hinge member, and that supports the vehicle body-side hinge member and the back door-side hinge member so as to allow relative rotation of the vehicle body-side hinge member and the back door-side hinge member.

2. The hinge of claim 1 , wherein:

the vehicle body attachment portion includes a support wall that is configured to extend along a front-rear direction of the vehicle body and that supports the rotational support member; and

the support wall includes a step that is configured to be disposed in a width direction of the vehicle body and that is coupled to the vehicle body attachment portion.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 14, 2024
From: RESONAC CORPORATION
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066599/0037 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 10, 2023
From: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063040/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 5, 2022
From: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
To: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061610/0889 →