Door checker for automobile
In a door checker for automobile which is applicable to vehicles having different full open angles of doors, and which makes no chattering noise by vibration, a free end portion of a check lever plate is provided with a core plate exposed portion where a core plate is exposed from a cover layer, a full open stopper mechanism includes: a stopper pin fitted in the core plate exposed portion, the stopper pin having anti-falling expanded portions; a stopper plate swingably supported on the stopper pin; and a cushion member supported by the stopper plate, and configured to cushion an impact of full opening of the door by receiving a case, and a pressing piece is provide integrally and continuously to the cover layer, the pressing piece configured to press the cushion member toward the stopper pin to thereby keep the stopper plate in contact with the stopper pin.
1. A door checker for automobile, comprising:
a check lever plate turnably coupled to an automobile body, the check lever plate including a core plate made of a metal and turnably coupled to the body, and a cover layer made of a synthetic resin, covering the core plate and having an outer surface formed as a detent surface;
a case fixed to a door coupled to the body in an openable and closable manner, the case pierced by the check lever plate movably relative to the check lever plate;
a detent mechanism housed in the case that keeps the door at a predetermined open position in collaboration with the detent surface; and
a full open stopper mechanism provided to the check lever plate and that receives the case, wherein
a free end portion of the check lever plate is provided with a core plate exposed portion where the core plate is exposed from the cover layer,
the full open stopper mechanism includes:
a stopper pin fitted into a fixing hole provided in the core plate exposed portion, the stopper pin having swaged expanded portions at opposite ends thereof;
a stopper plate having a first through hole through which the core plate exposed portion is inserted; and
a cushion member having a second through hole through which the core plate exposed portion is inserted, and an inner peripheral surface of the second through hole is provided with a recessed portion having an inner wall and opened at one end face of the cushion member on the case side, the recessed portion being extended over a substantially full length in a widthwise direction of the second through hole, and
the cushion member is aligned with and supported by the stopper plate, and the stopper plate and cushion member are swingably supported on an outer peripheral surface of the stopper pin, and the cushion member cushions an impact of full opening of the door by receiving the case, and
a pair of upper and lower pressing pieces are provided integrally and continuously to the cover layer, such that a pressing piece is provided on each of opposite sides of the check lever plate, wherein each pressing piece comprises a tip end surface formed in an arc shape that presses the cushion member toward the stopper pin continuously, to maintain contact between the stopper plate and the stopper pin by use of resilience of the cushion member, irrespective of swinging of the cushion member and stopper plate, and
the recessed portion of the inner peripheral portion of the second through hole receives the pressing piece, and said pressing piece has its tip end surface formed to have a narrowed width in the widthwise direction of the second through hole, the tip end surface being in contact with part of the recessed portion in the widthwise direction of the second through hole.
2. The door checker for automobile according to claim 1 , wherein
an inner peripheral surface of the second through hole is provided with a recessed portion having an inner wall and opened at one end face of the cushion member on the case side,
the pressing piece is inserted into the recessed portion with the tip end surface of the pressing piece pressing the inner wall, and
the inner wall and the tip end surface are each formed to have a slope that is inclined to come closer to the core plate exposed portion while extending toward the stopper plate, and when a load toward the case that is larger than a predetermined value is applied to the cushion member, the inner wall and the tip end surface slide on each other and the pressing piece moves while pushing out the inner peripheral surface of the second through hole.
3. The door checker for automobile according to claim 1 , wherein the cushion member further comprises a resilient tongue to be in pressure contact with an outer surface of the pressing piece.
4. The door checker for automobile according to claim 2 , wherein the cushion member further comprises a resilient tongue to be in pressure contact with an outer surface of the pressing piece.
5. The door checker for automobile according to claim 1 , wherein
the inner peripheral surface of the second through hole is provided with a recessed portion having an inner wall and opened at one end face of the cushion member on the case side,
the pressing piece is inserted into the recessed portion with the tip end surface of the pressing piece pressing the inner wall, and
the inner wall and the tip end surface are each formed to have a slope that is inclined to come closer to the core plate exposed portion while extending toward the stopper plate, and when a load toward the case that is larger than a predetermined value is applied to the cushion member, the inner wall and the tip end surface slide on each other and the pressing piece moves while pushing out the inner peripheral surface of the second through hole.