US Patent Issued on May 27 for "Door hinge with integrated door check" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,847, issued on May 27.

"Door hinge with integrated door check" was invented by Steven Alonzi (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle door hinge with integrated door check. The vehicle door hinge includes a vehicle body bracket securable to a vehicle body, a vehicle door bracket securable to a vehicle door, a hinge pin providing a rotational connection between the vehicle body bracket and the vehicle door bracket, a door check plate having a bearing engagement surface, and a resiliently compressible bias positioned to axially bias the bearing engagement surface against bearings of the hinge pin."

The patent was filed on Oct...