Abstract: The present invention relates to a door check device comprising a first and second link member engaging structure and a housing. An elongated link member has a first opposing end that provides a connecting portion, a second opposing end, and an intermediate portion that extends between the first and second opposing ends thereof and provides first and second opposing face surfaces. The intermediate portion has first and second detent regions that extend generally in a transverse direction of the link member on the first and second opposing face surfaces thereof, respectively. Biasing structure is constructed and arranged to bias the first and second engaging structures relatively towards one another to thereby urge the engaging structures into engagement with the first and second opposing face surfaces of the intermediate link member portion, respectively.

Abstract: A door holder and stop which utilizes an elongated arm and track to retain the door in a closed position. The arm, through the use of a plate, is attached to a door frame. Pivotally and slidably connected to the arm is the track, having a return end and a closure end. The track is fixably attached to a door. At one end, the track has a locking mechanism for retaining the door in a closed position.

Abstract: There is provided a method and apparatus for securing a door in its open position. A cylinder is provided having a first hook and loop type fastener attached to one end. The cylinder is attached to a wall mountable door stop. A second hook and loop type fastener is attached to the door. The second hook and loop type fastener aligns with and is adapted to make contact with the first hook and loop type fastener when the door is fully open, thereby securing the door in its open position. The second hook and loop type fastener includes an adhesive backing. The second hook and loop type fastener becomes attached to the door by first attaching the first hook and loop fastener to the second hook and loop fastener, and then opening the door so that the door makes contact with the adhesive backing of the second hook and loop type fastener. The door is then at least partially closed and the second hook and loop type fastener becomes detached from the first hook and loop type fastener and attached to the door.

Abstract: A door check apparatus comprises an elongated body having side walls defining a channel and an energy absorber. When the door check is mounted to a door, a pivot pin is inserted through an opening at the first end of the elongated body, and a slide pin extends through the channel. The pivot pin is attached to the door and the slide pin is attached to the structure adjacent to the door. As the door is opened, the elongated body moves relative to the slide pin to position the slide pin toward the second end portion of the elongated body. The slide pin may be positioned in any one of one or more stop positions which yieldably hold the slide pin. If the door is opened beyond its normal opening arc, the energy absorber is engaged and resists further movement of the door.

Abstract: A device for automatically closing a closure installation (such as a window or a door) includes a drive device, a traction mechanism, a spring, an actuating device and a locking device. The closure installation is mounted in a frame supported by a building. The traction mechanism is located between the closure installation and the frame, and is driven by the drive device to close the closure installation. The spring is tensioned when the closure installation is placed in the open position, and supplies the energy to the drive device which is required to close the closure installation. The actuating device is used to initially place the closure installation in the open position. The actuating device tensions the spring when the closure installation is placed in the open position. The locking device is initially released to permit the closure installation to be placed in the open position.

Abstract: A door holder assembly used to maintain a door in an opened position. The assembly is made up of a door stop, a locking plate mounted on the door and a floor mounted door holder. The door stop and the door holder are fixed to the floor while the locking plate is fixed to the lower portion of the door and is positioned to engage the door holder when the door is opened. The locking plate has two joined segments one of which is planar and flat while the other of which has a right angled groove. Depending on the vertical elevation of the door's bottom above the floor, the same locking plate can be mounted to the door in one of two different positions. If the elevation is slight then the right angled groove portion is mounted on the vertical front door surface. If the elevation is larger and sufficient space exists, the locking plate may have the right angled groove portion mounted to the lower edge of the door between the door and the floor.

Abstract: A door stop, which includes a locating block fixedly mounted on the wall, the locating block having a longitudinal front hole and two transverse side holes in communication with the front hole, two locating pins respectively mounted in the side holes and forced by a respective spring member into the front hole, and a necked bolt fixedly mounted on the door, the bolt having a ball head and a neck adjacent to the ball head, wherein the locating pins are forced backwards by the ball head of the bolt and then pushed forwards by the respective spring members into engagement with the neck at the bolt when the door is opened to force the bolt into the longitudinal front hole at the locating block.

Abstract: A vehicle body door check (10) includes a scissors assembly (20) and a keeper (48) received between a pair of elongated check arms (22,24) of the scissors assembly and operable under the bias of a spring (46) to hold an associated vehicle door in an open position upon engagement with a check formation (36).

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to open a glove box in two stages with a simple structure. A stopper formed of an elastic member is fixed to side faces of the glove box. An inclined face is formed on a tip portion of the stopper. When the glove box is incorporated in the instrument panel and is opened, the inclined face is engaged with an opening edge portion incorporating the instrument panel so that the glove box is held in a half-opening position. Furthermore, when the glove box is rotated, a projection is controlled by the opening edge portion of the instrument panel so that the glove box is held in a full-opening state.

Abstract: A sliding door stopper for limiting a sliding movement of a vehicle sliding door in a direction of opening of the sliding door, by abutting contact of the sliding door with the sliding door stopper in a cushioning manner, wherein the sliding door stopper is attached to a guide rail which is mounted on a vehicle body, and the sliding door is suspended from and guided by the guide rail so as to be slidable along the guide rail, the sliding door stopper comprising: an elastic body extending in a longitudinal direction of the guide rail away from the longitudinal end of the guide rail and having opposite longitudinal end faces one of which is adapted for abutting contact with the sliding door, the elastic body having a plurality of concavities each of which is formed in an outer surface of the elastic body so as to extend in a direction intersecting a longitudinal direction of the elastic body which is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the guide rail.

Abstract: A door catch and stop comprised of a one piece plastic molded elongated member having a mounting portion at one end and main portion at the other end connected by an hour glass portion acting as a spring to allow the main portion to be deflected aside by a door edge engaging a cam surface formed thereon. A wide notch formed into the top of the main portion captures the door as the main portion restraightening when the door edge moves into the notch.

Abstract: A door buffering device is fastened with a top edge of a door frame and is composed of a seat, a confining member fastened in one end of a track of the seat, and a slide block fastened slidably in another end of the track of the seat such that the slide block is fastened with one end of a connection arm of a connection mechanism which is fastened with a top edge of the door. As the door is opened to the fullest extent, one end of a coil spring of the slide block collides with a rod of the confining member for mitigating the impetus of the slide block so as to minimize the door vibration.

Abstract: A wedge assembly for supporting automotive doors, particularly pivoted tail gate doors and sliding van doors, which is mounted between surfaces that are not horizontal so that the load applied to the assembly includes a vertical component. The assembly includes a striker member and a wedge member, the former being mounted on the vertical side pillar of an automotive door frame, and the latter being mounted on the side pillar of a pivoted tail gate or sliding door. The assembly provides both vertical and lateral support for the door and door frame and prevents misalignment between the two which can otherwise develop over the life of the vehicle.

Abstract: A cover device for a door closure mechanism includes a detachably mounted shell which has a generally C-shaped cross section and is formed by an elongated wall. The wall has an inside surface which terminates laterally in opposing side edges. An elongated trough extends adjacent the inside surface of the wall and is adapted to receive the door closure housing. A pair of opposing jaw members protrude from the inside surface of the wall adjacent each of the side edges respectively. The opposing jaw members define a lateral opening, the lateral opening is smaller than the diameter of trough. The jaw members are resiliently or elastically deflectable in an outward direction to enlarge the throat opening so as to permit the door closure housing to be inserted laterally into the trough. Once the jaw members have been deflected over the full diameter of the housing, the jaw members spring inwardly to frictionally retain the cover on the door closure housing of the door closure mechanism.

Abstract: A hold-open device for a door provided with a closing mechanism comprises an operating arm connectable at one end to the closing mechanism, a guide track, a sliding unit movable in the guide track and connected to the opposite end of the operating arm, and a retainer unit mounted in the guide track. The retainer unit includes a body part held in the guide track at a selectively adjustable position therealong, a holder piece turnably journalled at one end region to the body part, a spring urging the holder piece toward a position in which its opposite end region can engage the sliding unit, and an adjustment member effective between the body part and the holder piece for limiting turning movement of the holder piece relative to the body part.

Abstract: An impact damping device of a deck panel comprises a male damping member provided in one side of a sidegate of the deck panel, and a female damping member provided in a reinforcing panel. It can prevent a worker from injuring his hand due to the inverse rebound of a sidegate when it rotates and collides against a reinforcing panel.

Abstract: The present invention is structured so that a guide pin will be captured within holes disposed on opposite walls of a case. A stopper wedge piece having a contact surface rides on the guide pin at one end of the case while a spring is disposed on the guide pin at the other end of the case. The guide pin has a collar close to one end that prevents the spring from slipping off that end of the guide pin. The collar also prevents the guide pin from passing through the hole at that end of the case. The spring keeps the stopper wedge pressed toward one side of the case while at the same time keeps the guide pin collar pressed toward the other side of the case. A metal plate pressed into the bottom of the case prevents wear of the case as the stopper wedge rides against the bottom plate during use. Assembly is facilitated by a downward incline toward the outside is formed on the lower portion of the hole on the case wall into which the stopper end of the guide pin is inserted.

Abstract: A piston door stop comprising a hollow first shaft, a hollow second shaft which partially contains said first shaft, a spring, a base screw, and a rubber cap. The spring extends through the bore of both shafts. The first shaft, second shaft, spring, and the rubber cap are coaxial. The door stopper is screwed into a wall via the base screw such that a bottom surface of a head of the base screw is in contact with the surface of said wall. A swung door first hits the rubber cap which covers the second shaft. The force is then transmitted to the spring which is contained within the two shafts, such that the second shaft moves along the first shaft towards the wall, compressing the spring which is contained within both shafts; thus causing the spring to absorb all of the energy transmitted from the swung door.

Abstract: A structure of a rehabilitating device for automatically closing a movable object comprises a tubular body having a first and a second chamber therein, a cylinder member having a cock mechanism at the inward end axially disposed into the tubular body, a sleeve member incorporated with a pair of steel balls in opposite peripheries sleeved onto the cylinder member and biased at two end by a pair of recoil springs and an air valve fastened to the open end of the tubular body abutting the first chamber. When the cylinder member is extracted outward, the spring is contracted and the air pressure is induced into the first chamber for a slow rehabilitation of the cylinder member. A further extracting the cylinder member leads the sleeve member entered into the second chamber to perform a random positioning of the cylinder member therein.

Abstract: A door knob receptacle for receiving and retaining a door knob of a door within a pocket created in a wall by installation of the door knob receptacle thereon, comprising a hemispherical shell having an inner periphery and an outer periphery, a rectangular flange having a front and a rear, which surrounds the outer periphery, self-adhesive tape which is secured to the rear of the rectangular flange, and securing structure such as semi-rigid brushes disposed around and extending inward from the inner periphery of the hemispherical shell towards the center of the hemispherical shell in such a manner that a gap is formed in the center of the semi-rigid brush arrangement.

Abstract: A rotary damper has a movable valve supported on a support projection radially outwardly projecting from a shaft of a rotating member which is rotatably disposed in a chamber filled with a viscous fluid in a casing. Depending on the direction in which the rotating member rotates in the chamber, the movable valve opens or closes a fluid path defined between the movable valve and an inner circumferential surface of the casing. The movable valve may be angularly movably supported on the support projection which is of a circular cross-sectional shape or radially movably supported on the support projection which is of a rectangular cross-sectional shape.

Abstract: A door stop assembly is adapted for introduction between the sliding door and the stationary door of a patio door assembly. The door stop assembly has a wedge block having an integrally formed wedge portion and block portion. A vertical shoulder abutment wall is formed on the block partition where it meets the rear end of the top surface of the wedge portion. A flat strip of spring steel is bent to form a top leg member and a bottom leg member that are oriented to each other at an acute angle and the bottom leg member is secured to the wedge block. The front section is positioned above the top surface of the wedge portion of the wedge block in a spaced relationship thereto. The middle section extends upwardly from the rear end of the front section and is spaced forwardly of the shoulder abutment wall. The rear section has a concave configuration along its longitudinal axis and it extends rearwardly from the top end of the middle section.

Abstract: An abutment swivel doorstop has a mounting plate mountable onto a door frame, a stop member pivotally and slidably mounted on the mounting plate, a biasing means for urging the stop member in the disengaged position, a keeper pivotally mounted on the mounting plate, and a latch mountable on a door which is hingedly mounted within the door frame. The stop member is rotatable between a door opening position and a door blocking position and slidable between a disengaged and engaged position. The keeper is rotatable relative to the stop member between a locked and an unlocked condition. The keeper has a cam for urging the stop member against the biasing means and into the engaged condition as the keeper rotates between the locked and unlocked conditions. As the keeper rotates between the locked and unlocked conditions, the stop member engages and disengages the mounting plate and the latch for locking and unlocking the door to the door frame.

Abstract: An adjustable delayed-action door closing device, particularly for use with screen doors or storm doors. The device comprises a cylindrical housing with a piston disposed within with the cylindrical housing. A biasing mechanism urges the piston into the cylindrical housing and a controlling mechanism controls the rate at which the piston is so urged. The shaft of the piston has a section of greater diameter than the remainder of the shaft a compression member cooperatively located within the cylindrical housing. The compression member is compressible to a diameter equal to or less than the greater diameter of the shaft, to provide friction contact with the greater diameter of the shaft when it is located within the compression member. A mechanism to pre-set and adjust the degree of friction contact of the compression member and the section of the shaft with greater diameter is provided.

Abstract: A door closer assembly provides a closing force to a door swingably mounted on a door jamb by a pair of arms pivotally attached to the door and the door frame. The door closer assembly has a housing and a spring for providing a closing force on the arm which closes the door when it is an open position. The improvement of the present invention includes a spring cushion device mounted on the housing of the door closer assembly for stopping the opening movement of the door as it reaches a predetermined angle of rotation. The cushion device provides a resilient counteracting force on the arm as the door reaches its predetermined angle of rotation which lessens the wear and tear exerted on the assembly by the opening force of the door.

Abstract: An improved glove box door assembly includes a resilient U-shaped clip member that operatively engages a piano hinge mounted on an instrument panel reinforcing member adjacent the lower edge of the door to damp movement of the door in the opening direction of the door with respect to the instrument panel.

Abstract: A door stop assembly is adapted for introduction between the sliding door and the stationery door of a patio door assembly. The door stop assembly has a wedge block having an integrally formed wedge portion and block portion. A vertical shoulder abutment wall is formed on the block partition where it meets the rear end of the top surface of the wedge portion. A flat strip of spring steel is bent to form a top leg member and a bottom leg member that are oriented to each other at an acute angle and the bottom leg member is secured to the wedge block. The front section is positioned above the top surface of the wedge portion of the wedge block in a spaced relationship thereto. The middle section extends upwardly from the rear end of the front section and is spaced forwardly of the shoulder abutment wall. The rear section has a concave curvature along its longitudinal axis and it extends rearwardly from the top end of the middle section.

Abstract: A one-way rotary damper comprising a housing, a rotor consisting of a braking disk accommodated in a cavity of the housing and a shaft unitary with the braking disk and projecting toward the outside of the housing, viscous oil filling the housing cavity for applying shearing resistance against rotation of the rotor, a driven gear rotatably mounted upon the end of the rotor shaft projecting outside the housing so as to be free to rotate with respect thereto and formed on its surface facing the housing with a concentric depression consisting of a shallow circular depression and a deep outer annular groove surrounding the circular depression, a coupling disk which is identical in diameter with the circular depression and is fixed on the end of the rotor shaft projecting outside the housing so as to be disposed upon the circular depression, and a clutch spring disposed so as to extend along a radially outer surface of the coupling disk and a radially inner surface of the outer annular groove for enabling the driv

Abstract: An adjustable overhead mounted door holder assembly for attachment between a door jamb and a door to hold the door in an open position includes a jamb bracket attached to the door jamb and a jamb arm pivotally attached to the jamb bracket. A channel assembly having a longitudinally extending channel is attached to the door, and a spring assisted assembly holds the door in an open position assisted by frictional force. The amount of friction is adjustable by altering a rotational position of an eccentric cam.

Abstract: An overhead mounted door holder assembly, for attachment between a door jamb and a door, to hold the door in an open position includes a jamb bracket attached to the door jamb and a jamb arm pivotally attached to the jamb bracket. A channel assembly having a longitudinally extending channel is attached to the door. A slide assembly is disposed within the channel and is pivotably connected to the jamb arm. A slide catch on the slide assembly is provided for the door holding function. First and second springs are attached to the channel assembly and positioned within the channel, and a spring mounted catch is attached to the first and second springs. In operation, the spring mounted catch is pivotably positioned in the channel to engage the slide catch and reversibly hold the door in an open position.

Abstract: A door holder assembly, for attachment between a door jamb and a door, to hold the door in an open position includes a jamb bracket attached to the door jamb and a jamb arm pivotally attached to the jamb bracket. A channel assembly having a longitudinally extending channel is attached to the door, and a hold open stop is fixed in the channel of the channel assembly. The hold open stop is configured to have a stop element with a first ramp and a second ramp engageable by a slide assembly. The slide assembly is pivotally attached to the jamb arm and positioned for longitudinal movement in the channel, with the slide assembly having a slide frame configured to support a rocker pivotably connected to the slide frame. The rocker has a catch on one side of a pivot and rocker face on the opposite side of the pivot, with the catch configured to slide over the first ramp for reversible engagement with the second ramp of the stop element to hold the door in an open position.

Abstract: An overhead door holder assembly, for attachment between a door jamb and a door, to hold the door in an open position includes a jamb bracket attached to the door jamb and a jamb arm pivotally attached to the jamb bracket. A channel assembly having a longitudinally extending channel is attached to the door, and one of a group of modular slide assemblies that interchangeably fit into the channel assembly can be selected for pivotal attachment to the jamb arm. The slide assemblies have attached polymeric blocks that reduce wear caused by sliding components and may have door hold and door stop provisions as well.

Abstract: A door stop assembly adapted for introduction into the space between the lower edge of a door and the adjacent floor surface. It has a wedge shaped block whose top surface and bottom surface are oriented toward each other at an acute angle. A flat strip of spring steel has a top leg and a bottom leg that are bent back upon each other in an acute angle. The bottom leg is secured to the bottom surface of the wedge shaped block. The too leg of the spring has a slightly concave curvature that spaces its bottom surface from the top surface of the wedge shaped lock so that any pressure applied to the top surface of the top leg member adjacent its front end will transfer all that pressure directly to the rear edge of the top leg member and force it downwardly against the top surface of the wedge shaped block. There is also structure secured to the bottom surface of the wedge shaped block for preventing it from sliding with respect to a support surface upon which it would be placed adjacent the bottom edge of a door.

Abstract: Improved doorstop composed of an elongated unitary strip of resilient material. The strip is bent to form a substantially closed geometric shape that includes at least one extended substantially flat side for attachment to a wall or baseboard. The second end of the strip lies over the extended flat side and engages same when the apparatus is flexed from contact with a door. The preferred form is trapezoidal in shape and has a resilient deformable pad disposed on the short parallel side. It is also preferred to include a stop at the distal end of the extended flat side to engage the other end when the apparatus is fully flexed.

Abstract: A door stop is formed from a single flexible band of sheet metal which is symmetrical about a transverse center line and includes an arch shaped central section and two end portions. An underside of one end portion includes a high friction material while the underside of the other end portion is free from that material. The only engagement with the door is provided by the frictional engagement of a high friction material on a center section engaging the bottom edge of the door. The device can thus be used from either direction and provides a symmetrical force on the door preventing movement relative to the stop in either direction.

Abstract: A rotary oil damper includes a housing incorporating therein a storing chamber open on one side, a cap having a hole and for shutting the opening in the storing chamber of the housing, a rotor including a base part and a shaft part and disposed rotatably inside the storing chamber of the housing, a toothed wheel fixed to the shaft part of the rotor, viscous oil filling said storing chamber of the housing, and a ring-shaped leaf spring member having opposite terminal parts separated from each other and contained in conjunction with the rotor inside the storing chamber. The shaft part of the rotor protrudes outwardly through the hole of the cap.

Abstract: A damper arrangement for a glove box of an automotive vehicle is mounted separately from the glove box compartment in a space between other components mounted in an instrument panel of the vehicle. A pulley is mounted separate from both the glove box damper and the glove box compartment. A wire connects the glove box damper to a movable member associating the glove box compartment with a glove box lid via the pulley.

Abstract: A door stop for attachment to the top of a door frame. The stop is held at a permanent angle by ornamental bracing. The door stop may be used for either right or left hand doors, and is buffered so that the impact of a fast opening door will be damped.

Abstract: A hinge device to be used between a rotatable component and a stationary component to work as a pivoting device and to permit a restrained rotation of one component in relation to the other due to a high viscosity grease and the torsional force of a coil spring inserted therein in a predetermined angular range; and subsequently to restrain the rotating speed by means of the high viscosity grease and the coil spring.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cable terminal with improved features. Drop wires are sealed by a flexible sheet with an array of slits provided on a major surface of a pair of plates. The slits are positioned and oriented so that when the plates are in a closed position, the sheet will overlap to produce a pair of angled slits at each drop wire location. The housing forming the terminal block enclosure and a portion of the cable housing is made from a single molded piece with holes for mounting different types of terminal blocks. The terminal block enclosure is covered by a door which provides moisture protection when closed. A spring attached to the door keeps it in an opened position while a craftsperson is working on the blocks. The cable housing includes end pieces which accommodate a number of different sealing options for the cable.

Abstract: A hinge device having a bearing member and a shaft. The bearing member has a sleeve section having a through hole, in which the shaft is inserted. The inner circumferential surface of the sleeve section contacts the circumferential surface of the shaft. The sleeve section has slits which extend parallel to the axis of the sleeve section. Ring springs are mounted on the sleeve section. In their non-expanded state, the springs have an inside diameter smaller than the outside diameter of the shaft. The ring springs tighten the sleeve section onto the shaft, thus generating a frictional force between the sleeve section and the shaft.

Abstract: The present invention relates to improvements in door stoppers for keeping doors open. More particularly, the invention offers door stoppers which facilitate opening/closing of the door by the attraction of a permanent magnet, prevent damage to the attracting member by causing the attracting member and the attracted member comprising such a door stopper to gradually attract each other by a buffer action, and make either one of the attracting member or the attracted member swingable so as to enable secure and stable attraction.

Abstract: A butt hinge assembly for a door hinged to a casement which keeps the opened door from moving on its hinges due to air currents or other forces acting on the surfaces of the open door. The assembly consists of a conventional butt hinge having two cooperating hinge plates joined together by a hinge pin fitted into the aligned cylidrical knuckles formed on the adjoining ends of the two hinge plates and a flat tempered spring steel plate sized to fit against the hinge plate mounted on the casement and positioned between the casement and the hinge plate. The spring steel plate has a plurality of flat fingers or extensions each sized to press against one of the cylindrical knuckles of the hinge plate which is mounted on the door.

Abstract: A wedge assembly to be secured to a vehicle door to prevent door rattling during vehicle operation. A slide element is captured by a base plate and stops are provided to prevent inadvertent disassembly.

Abstract: A door closer is set forth having a housing, a plunger rod in the housing with a plunger at the inner end of the rod, and a main spring around the rod between the plunger and a housing end for urging the rod into the housing. An actuator carried at the housing end with an opening for the rod and mounted for transverse sliding motion relative to the rod, with a spring for urging the actuator into a latch space in the rod is utilized. With the door closer connected to a door, the actuator slides into the latch space when the door has been opened, to hold the door open. A further opening movement raises the actuator out of the latch space and a sleeve maintains the actuator raised, permitting closing of the door.

Abstract: A mechanical disk-type door closure wherein one end of the closure is connected to a door and the other end is pivotally connected to a door jam such that when the door pivots about its hinge. The closure includes a rod upon which a rack is formed to cause a pinion to rotate in one direction and which is in mesh with a gear so as to move the pinion out of contact with the rack. When the door closes, a spring moves the pinion into engagement with the rack and the pinion turns in a direction to rotate the gear which is subjected braking pressure so as to adjust the resistance to the closing motion of the door.

Abstract: A hinge assembly for a vehicle is provided having an internal passageway defined by mated slotted portions of the hinge and the door jamb, check assembly, mounted on the hinge and having a specifically configured free end extending through the passageway, and detent arrangement, mounted on the interior of the door jamb for engagement with the specifically configured free end of the check assembly to restrain rotation of the door in a primary intermediate open position. The specifically configured free end of the check assembly and the detent arrangement cooperated with one another so as to alternatively restrain rotation of the door in the primary intermediate open position and a less open secondary intermediate open position, and the check assembly is formed for releasable engagement with the detent arrangement to permit free rotation of the door to a fully open position.

Abstract: A damper for damping rotation has a construction in which a rotor having a braking plate immersed in oil disposed within a casing and a gear are coupled together by a means of a clutch spring in the form of a coil spring. When the gear is rotated in one direction, it is coupled with the rotor as a result of diametrical contraction of the spring, and a restoring force is stored within the clutch spring, thus producing a resistance against rotation. When it is rotated in the opposite direction, the restoring force of the clutch spring is released so as to permit free rotation of the gear. The coil spring is coiled about a shouldered portion of the rotor shaft and a lower portion of a gear sleeve, supporting the gear, which have the same diametrical extent. In this manner, projecting end portions of the spring, upon which excessive loads have been impressed within the prior art, are able to be eliminated thereby providing extended service life to the spring and damper assembly.

Abstract: A door hinge for a vehicle door is provided with an integrated door check. One hinge member carries on its one end face a profile in the form of depressions, in which are inserted the retaining elements, e.g. in the form of balls, for a temporary arresting in predetermined positions. The balls are pressed down by a set of cup springs via a pressure plate or a ball bearing, so that there is a rolling movement of the retaining elements on the profile faces and on the pressure plate or ball bearing. The door check integrated into the door hinge is adjustable and/or readjustable with respect to its arresting force.

Abstract: A door stop device for limiting the maximum extent to which a hinged or pivoted door secured on a door jamb cam be opened comprises a unitary strip of memory retaining material having a base portion for being secured against said door, and a stop portion extending at an obtuse angle therefrom and away from said door for contacting tacting said door jamb when said door is opened.