Hinge and method for manufacturing a hinge

Abstract

A method of making a hinge has the steps of forming a region of a piece of sheet metal with a groove and then bending the piece of sheet metal to form the region into an eye with the groove opening inwardly into the eye so that the piece of sheet metal with the eye forms a first leaf. A pivot pin with a radially outwardly projecting thickened region is fitted and pressed into the eye such that the radially thickened region radially elastically widens the eye. Once the thickened region reaches the groove, the eye springs back so that the pivot pin is then captured held in the eye.

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technical field

[0001] The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a hinge as well as the hinge itself. The hinge comprises a first hinge and a second hinge, the two hinges are connected to a pivot by a pivot pin, at least the first hinge is made of sheet metal and has at least one hinge which is not completely closed Shaft ring. The pivot end is open so the pivot pin must be secured from falling out. Background technique

[0002] A hinge with two hinges is known from laid-open document DE 201 15 722 U1, each hinge having three pivot eyelets. A pivot pin is placed in the outer pivot hole rings of the two hinges coaxially arranged to form a continuous pivot. To prevent the open-ended pivot from falling out, a pivot eyelet has a tapered region formed by plastic deformation radially inwards. The grooves on the outside of the pivot eyelet formed by the deformation can be easily seen and have a large detrimental effect on the appearance of the hinge. Also, too much fo...

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