Patents Assigned to NEW LIGHT, LLC
  • Publication number: 20070294860
    Abstract: A hinge for vehicle doors so as to provide for door front edge opening operation, also known as suicide operation, comprises fastening elements provided with fixed pivot pins and with sliding guides, which can be housed respectively in the thickness of the door and in a corresponding pillar; linkages for connecting the fastening elements with their first extremity, hinged on the fixed pivot pin of one of the fastening elements and with a second extremity including a shoe engaged in the sliding guide of the other fastening element; and a joint interposed at the extremities of the linkages which pivotally couples the linkages to each other allowing their relative angular mobility. The fastening elements further comprise a control means in cooperative engagement with the sliding guide and shoe for adjustably controlling the maximum range of rotation of the hinge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: NEW LIGHT, LLC
    Inventor: Lawrence Hoffman