| US 7,559,116 B2 | ||
| Arm for a pantographic hinge device | ||
| Jurgen Hulbert, Eltville (Germany); Klaus Labbe, Undenheim (Germany); and Jens Schenkenberger, Frankfurt (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to GM Global Technology Operations, Inc., Detroit, Mich. (US) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/590,047 PCT Filed Feb. 18, 2005, PCT No. PCT/EP2005/001734 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Aug. 17, 2006, PCT Pub. No. WO2005/080724, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 01, 2005. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 10 2004 008 070 (DE), filed on Feb. 19, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0180653 A1, Aug. 09, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. E05D 3/06 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 16—366 [16/50] | 19 Claims |
| 1. A pantographic hinge device comprising: a housing module having two end regions and an open side; rotatable shaft sections
projecting from the two end regions of said housing module; and
a coupling mechanism module separate from the housing module comprising: an elongated support having longitudinal ends; two
pulleys rotatably held at the longitudinal ends of the elongated support and configured to mate with the rotatable shaft sections
in the housing module; and
a pulley belt coupled to the two pulleys;
wherein the coupling mechanism module is configured for insertion into said open side of said housing module to thereby rotationally
couple the rotatable shaft sections to one another, and wherein the two pulleys are each configured to be coupled to at least
one of the rotatable shaft sections;
wherein the housing module with the rotatable shaft sections includes structural support configured to support a vehicle door
separate from the coupling mechanism module during a painting process.
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