Patents Assigned to Oxford Automotive Mecanismes et Decoupage Fin
  • Patent number: 6594859
    Abstract: A hinge assembly for a motor vehicle door with a built-in door stop includes a fixed knuckle having a first part which has a drilling allowing the fixed knuckle to be attached to the bodywork of the vehicle, and a second part perpendicular to the first part having a drilling to accommodate a pin about which the hinge pivots. The hinge assembly also includes a moving knuckle having a drilling allowing the moving knuckle to be attached to the door and having two approximately horizontal flat zones, each provided with a drilling to take the pin and each having a notched cam. The hinge assembly further includes two pressing rollers kept in contact with a cam of the moving knuckle and a spring held in the fixed knuckle and having two vertical branches inserted in the rollers and working in bending, causing the rollers to exert pressure on the cams. The pin articulates the moving knuckle to the fixed knuckle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Oxford Automotive Mecanismes et Decoupage Fin
    Inventors: Fabrice Barthelemy, Mirca Barbu
  • Patent number: 6591452
    Abstract: A hinge for a motor vehicle rear door (2) includes a fixed knuckle (20) mounted on the body (1) of the vehicle, a moving knuckle (30) mounted on the rear door (2), the door being movable between a closed position and an open position resting against the side of the body (1), and an intermediate knuckle (40) connected to each of the knuckles (20; 30) by a hinge pin (11; 15). The hinge also includes a device (60) for holding the rear door (2) in a wide-open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Oxford Automotive Mecanismes et Decoupage Fin
    Inventor: Dominique Jacquin
  • Patent number: 6581243
    Abstract: A vehicle door hinge assembly with a built-in doorstop mechanism, includes a fixed knuckle secured to the bodywork of the vehicle, and a moving knuckle secured to the door of the vehicle. The moving knuckle is hinged to the fixed knuckle about a pin. The hinge assembly also includes a notched cam secured to the moving knuckle, a contact surface that can be inserted in a notch of the cam during an operation of opening the door, a compression spring, a support connected to the fixed knuckle and against which one end of the compression spring bears, and a part hinged to the support about a pin passing through the support and the part hinged to the support and constituting a moving part, against which the other end of the compression spring bears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Oxford Automotive Mecanismes et Decoupage Fin
    Inventor: Francis Parizel
  • Publication number: 20010013155
    Abstract: Hinge assembly for a swinging door of a motor vehicle The invention relates to a hinge assembly for a motor vehicle door (12) with a built-in door stop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Applicant: OXFORD AUTOMOTIVE MECANISMES ET DECOUPAGE FIN
    Inventors: Fabrice Barthelemy, Mirca Barbu