Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Door hinge assembly incorporating a latch to facilitate selective door removal
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Application No.: US16707524Application Date: 2019-12-09
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Publication No.: US10941598B2Publication Date: 2021-03-09
- Inventor: Reese Cherry , Matthew B. Rutman
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.
- Agent David Coppiellie, Esq.
- Main IPC: E05D5/12
- IPC: E05D5/12 ; E05D7/10

Abstract:
A vehicle hinge assembly includes a door portion, a body portion, and a hinge pin movable between an engaged position where the door portion and the body portion are rotatably coupled and a disengaged position where the door portion and the body portion are configured to be decoupled from one another. A latch is moveable relative to the hinge pin between a locked position where the latch blocks movement of the hinge pin and an unlocked position where the latch allowed movement of the hinge pin. The latch is configured to be in the unlocked position when the vehicle hinge assembly is in a first substantially upright orientation, and the latch is configured to be in the locked position when the vehicle hinge assembly is in a second substantially upside-down orientation.
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