Abstract: A double pivot hinge for rotatably mounting a door to a vehicle body for sequential movement between closed, mid open, and full open positions in an uninterrupted manner. The hinge assembly includes a U-shaped link having a bight portion joining first and second legs with body and door hinge leafs each pivoted by a pin to respective first and second legs. A cam plate is fixed on each leaf, with each plate defining an arcuate cam edge having its center on its associated pin axis. A locking bar, supporting a cam follower at one end and a lug follower at an opposite end, is pivoted adjacent its midpoint to one edge of the bight portion. Rotation of the door about the first pin, from the closed position to the mid open position, causes the lug follower to move on the body leaf cam edge to a cam-free terminus, in opposed relation to a notch in its associated cam edge.

Abstract: A double pivot hinge assembly for attaching a door to a vehicle body door frame for swinging the door between closed, intermediate open, and full open positions in a self-latching and unlatching uninterrupted manner. The hinge assembly includes a U-shaped link having a bight portion and first and second legs extending therefrom wherein a first pin pivotally connects a body hinge to a free end of the first leg and a second pin pivotally connects a door hinge to a free end of the second leg. The door and body hinges are each formed with a sector plate providing a horizontal raceway such that the body and door hinges are interchangeable except for the location of the detent pocket. Each link leg has a resilient detent member juxtaposed its associated raceway adapted for biased travel on a predetermined raceway arcuate path for releasable self-latching engagement at a predetermined position of the door with an associated detent pocket.