Vehicle door hinge

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8505164
APP PUB NO 20120227215A1
SERIAL NO

13395105

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Abstract

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A vehicle door hinge that is positioned between a vehicle main body and a vehicle door and connects the same to each other in order to connect the vehicle door to the vehicle main body so as to be openable and closable may include a female bracket that is securely attached to one of the vehicle main body and the vehicle door, a male bracket that is securely attached to the other of the vehicle main body and the vehicle door, a rotation shaft member that is secured to the female bracket and supports the male bracket to be rotatable relative to the female bracket. A coating film capable of restricting an electric current from flowing from the rotation shaft member to each of the slide bushes is formed in a portion of an outer circumferential surface of the rotation shaft member, which portion includes a part of a contact portion thereof that slidably contacts each of the slide bushes in a rotational axis direction and at least a proximity range thereof that is positioned in proximity to an exposed end periphery of each of the slide bushes.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddress
TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA100 KANAYAMA ICHIRIYAMA-CHO KARIYA-SHI AICHI

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Katou, Kenji Kariya, JP 24 175

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