DE102023209076A1 - Hinge device for a vehicle door to be coated - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a hinge device (2) for a vehicle door to be coated, comprising a first hinge leg (4), a second hinge leg (6), a screw- or bolt-like hinge means (8) which extends through a through opening (28a) in the first hinge leg (4) and a through opening (28b) in the second hinge leg (6) with a hinge section (12), which comprises, on a side of the second hinge leg (6) facing away from the first hinge leg (4), a head section (14), the diameter of which is larger than the diameter of the through opening (28b) in the second hinge leg (6), and which fixes the first hinge leg (4) and the second hinge leg (6) to one another and rotatably relative to one another about a hinge axis (10) extending through the hinge means (8), with a fixing means (16) which is arranged between the second hinge leg (6) and the head section (14) of the hinge means (8), which has a through Recess (18) through which the hinge means (8) passes through the fixing means (16), which comprises a holding section (20) with which the fixing means (16) can be fixed to the first hinge leg (4), and which comprises a receiving section (22), and with a locking means (24) which can be fixed to the second hinge leg (6) on a side of the second hinge leg (6) facing the fixing means (16).

Description

The invention relates to a hinge device for a vehicle door to be coated.

During motor vehicle manufacturing, vehicle parts are coated at a station on a production line. This coating process can include painting, for example. To ensure accessibility to the individual components and assemblies of the vehicle during coating, so-called painting aids are known. These are mounted separately on the vehicle in the form of a door opener. These painting aids, designed as door openers, hold the vehicle doors in an open position relative to the vehicle body.

After the painting process, the additional, separately mounted painting aid must be removed and replaced with a hinged device without a painting aid. This proves to be cumbersome and time-consuming.

An object of an embodiment of the invention is to propose a hinge device for a vehicle door to be coated, with which the coating and assembly of a vehicle door can be made more efficient.

This object is achieved by a hinge device for a vehicle door to be coated, comprising a first hinge leg, a second hinge leg, a screw- or bolt-like hinge means which extends through a through opening in the first hinge leg and a through opening in the second hinge leg with a hinge section, which comprises, on a side of the second hinge leg facing away from the first hinge leg, a head section whose diameter is greater than the diameter of the through opening in the second hinge leg, and which fixes the first hinge leg and the second hinge leg to one another and rotatably relative to one another about a hinge axis extending through the hinge means, a fixing means which is arranged between the second hinge leg and the head section of the hinge means, which comprises a through recess through which the hinge means extends through the fixing means, which comprises a holding section with which the fixing means can be fixed to the first hinge leg, and which comprises a receiving section, and a locking means which is arranged on a side of the second hinge leg facing the fixing means on the second Hinge legs can be fixed, wherein the hinge legs can be transferred from a release position, in which the hinge legs can be rotated relative to one another about the hinge axis, into a locking position which fixes the hinge legs against relative movement to one another about the hinge axis, in which the holding section of the fixing means is fixed to the first hinge leg and the locking means is fixed to the receiving section of the fixing means.

Because the hinge device comprises a fixing means which can be fixed to the first hinge leg and to the second hinge leg by the hinge means, the first hinge leg and the second hinge leg can be fixed immovably relative to one another without the need for an additional painting aid.

The securing means, with its holding section and receiving section, can secure the first hinge leg and the second hinge leg in the locking position, preventing them from moving relative to each other. This allows the vehicle door to be coated to be coated in the locking position.

After coating the vehicle door, the fixing means can be removed again in a simple manner, for example by releasing the hinge means and allowing the fixing means to be removed from the hinge means in an arrangement separate from the first hinge leg and the second hinge leg.

The hinge means can then be reinserted with its hinge portion into the opening of the first hinge leg and the second hinge leg, whereby the hinge device can be designed with reduced components.

Furthermore, it is also conceivable that after coating and removal of the hinge means, the hinge means is replaced by a new hinge means.

In both cases, no separate painting aid is required; instead, the same hinge assembly can be used. This shortens assembly times and makes vehicle production more efficient.

In the locking position, the first hinge leg and the second hinge leg are secured against relative movement. This relative movement may include rotation about the hinge axis. In this case, both the first hinge leg and the second hinge leg are secured against rotation about the hinge axis relative to each other.

The first hinge leg can be secured or fixed in a rotationally fixed manner to the vehicle body, and the second hinge leg can be secured or fixed in a rotationally fixed manner to a vehicle door. Furthermore, it is also conceivable for the first hinge leg to be secured or fixed in a rotationally fixed manner to a vehicle door, and the second hinge leg to be secured or fixed in a rotationally fixed manner to a vehicle body. In both cases, the vehicle door is secured in a rotationally fixed manner relative to the vehicle body in the locked position and is secured in an open position relative to the vehicle body.

The receiving portion of the securing means can, in principle, be designed in any desired manner, provided it fulfills the technical function of securing the locking means in the locked position. It proves advantageous if the receiving portion has at least one recess extending parallel to the hinge axis and recessed relative to the second hinge leg, and/or if the locking means is designed in the shape of a pin or rod, extending parallel to the hinge axis and projecting relative to the second hinge leg, wherein the locking means engages in the recess of the receiving portion of the securing means in the locked position, forming a rear grip to prevent rotation about the hinge axis.

The recess in the receiving section of the fixing means may comprise a funnel-like depression into which the locking means engages or may be formed continuously, wherein the locking means may also pass through the recess.

Because the locking means is designed in the form of a pin or a pin, it comprises an inclined or rounded surface contour at its free end, which simplifies joining of the locking means, in particular when the locking means strikes the receiving section of the fixing means.

The holding portion of the securing means can be secured to the first hinge leg in the locking position in any technically desired manner. It proves advantageous if the holding portion of the securing means, in the locking position, rests flatly against a corresponding, in particular complementary, contact surface of the first hinge leg, in particular if the contact surface is recessed relative to the outer surface of the first hinge leg and the holding portion is arranged in a form-fitting manner relative to the hinge axis in the locking position.

Because the holding section of the fixing means lies flat against the contact surface of the first hinge means in the locking position, the first hinge leg and the second hinge leg can be fixed in the locking position in a simple manner against movement about the hinge axis.

The forces to be absorbed by the securing means correspond to the expected forces that act on the vehicle body and/or the vehicle door during the coating process and that must be absorbed by the hinge device. In this case, the hinge device can be designed simply and cost-effectively by clamping the receiving section of the securing means and/or the holding section of the securing means into a non-deflected basic position and elastically displacing them from the non-deflected basic position into at least one deflected displacement position.

Because the receiving section of the fixing means is elastically displaceable and is clamped into the undeflected basic position, the receiving section can overcome surface sections of the first hinge leg by elastic displacement in order to lie flat against the contact surface of the first hinge leg in the locking position.

This applies equally to the receiving section of the fixing means, which can be elastically displaced by the locking means when it hits the latter and, in the locking position in which the locking means is aligned with the recess in the receiving section of the fixing means, returns to the undeflected basic position and there forms a rear grip with the locking means with respect to the hinge axis.

With regard to the receiving section of the fixing means, it can be provided additionally or alternatively that the second hinge leg comprises a further opening in which the locking means is arranged in whole or in sections and/or that the second hinge leg comprises a tensioning means by which the locking means is pretensioned in the direction of the fixing means.

In such a case, the locking means can also be pre-tensioned parallel to the hinge axis into the locking position and can be displaced when it hits the receiving section of the fixing means in order to form a rear grip with respect to the hinge axis in the locking position with the recess in the receiving section.

In order to facilitate the transfer of the first hinge leg and the second hinge leg from the release position to the locking position and to enable manual release of the two hinge legs, it is as advantageous if the fixing means, in particular adjacent to the receiving portion, comprises a guide portion which extends obliquely transversely to the hinge axis and in the direction away from the second hinge leg and which guides the locking means when transferred from the release position into the locking position and/or if the fixing means comprises a manually operable tab-like release portion which is manually operable in the direction away from the second hinge leg in order to release the locking means from the rear engagement with the recess, in particular wherein the guide portion comprises or forms the release portion.

The guide section can be designed in the manner of an inlet and, for example, comprise an inlet slope running obliquely with respect to the hinge axis.

The release section can be manually accessible, in particular by a finger of an assembly person, and thereby move the receiving section in the direction away from the second hinge leg, whereby the locking means and the receptacle in the receiving section of the fixing means are disengaged and enable a relative movement of the first hinge leg to the second hinge leg.

The hinge device can be made compact if the guide section and release section comprise one and the same section.

In principle, it is conceivable for the hinge means to comprise a conventional screw or bolt. Before inserting the hinge means, the fixing means is then pushed onto the hinge means with its hinge portion until it rests against the head portion of the hinge means.

In order to be able to ensure free movement of the fixing means, even in the position of the hinge means fixing the first hinge leg to the second hinge leg, it proves to be advantageous if the hinge means comprises a first collar section which is arranged on the head section on the side of the head section facing the second hinge leg, which has a diameter which is smaller than the diameter of the recess in the fixing means, and which has a thickness in the direction parallel to the hinge axis which is greater than the thickness of the fixing means.

Because the first collar section has a thickness that is greater than the thickness of the fixing means, free movement of the fixing means is always ensured in the release position of the hinge device.

The hinge means can be designed in such a way that it is suitable for both the coating process, i.e., it can accommodate the securing means, and can also be used for normal operation of the hinge device. However, embodiments of the hinge device are also conceivable in which the hinge means is used exclusively during the coating process and is subsequently replaced with a new hinge means that does not have a securing means arranged on it.

In such a case, it proves to be advantageous if the hinge device comprises a contact disc which is arranged between the second hinge leg and the first collar section of the hinge means and which comprises a continuous opening with which the contact disc is pressed onto a second collar section of the hinge means, wherein the second collar section is arranged on the first collar section on the side of the head section facing the second hinge leg and comprises a diameter which is smaller than the diameter of the first collar section and larger than the diameter of the continuous openings in the hinge legs.

If the hinge device comprises a stop washer that is pressed onto the second flange portion of the hinge means, the securing means is held captively on the hinge means. In this case, before pressing the stop washer onto the second flange portion, the securing means is first arranged on the first flange portion, and then the stop washer is pressed onto the second flange portion.

By providing a contact disc, a contact surface with which the locking device rests on the second hinge leg is enlarged.

When coating the body and the vehicle door, it can never be completely avoided that the hinge device is also coated, in particular that it comes into contact with paint. If paint penetrates, the hinge means can become fixed to the hinge device when the coating agent hardens, making it more difficult to remove the locking means after a coating process. In order to prevent the release torque that must be applied to release the locking means from the hinge device from increasing, one embodiment of the hinge device comprises a sealing means, in particular a paint ring, which is arranged between the head section of the hinge means and the fixing means and which surrounds the hinge means entirely or at least in sections with respect to the hinge axis.

Furthermore, it proves to be advantageous if the fixing means comprises grooves arranged on the recess, in particular on or around the recess, in particular paint scraping grooves, which are open towards the recess and which extend in particular in an arrow-shaped, ray-shaped or spiral-shaped direction away from the hinge axis.

If the hinge device comprises a sealing means arranged between the head portion of the hinge means and the fixing means, the risk of penetration of coating agent, in particular paint, is reduced.

If the fixing means comprises grooves arranged on the recess, in particular paint scraping grooves, penetrated coating agents, in particular paints that have hardened, can be removed more easily.

The securing means may comprise any desired material. For example, it may be formed from a metal, in particular a sheet metal, and comprise a bent stamped part. Furthermore, the securing means may comprise a plastic part, in particular a plastic injection-molded part.

In order to facilitate the use of the hinge device both for coating and for normal operation of the motor vehicle, it proves to be advantageous if the hinge device comprises at least one bushing which is arranged in the opening of the second hinge leg so as to bear against the second hinge leg and on whose edge region, facing away from the first hinge leg, the head section of the hinge means or the contact disc bears, and/or if the hinge device comprises at least one threaded bushing which is arranged in the opening of the first hinge leg so as to bear against the first hinge leg, which bushing engages behind the first hinge leg with an edge section on the side facing away from the second hinge leg transversely to the hinge axis, which bushing extends entirely or at least partially through the bushing in the second hinge leg, and which comprises an internal thread section which is designed to correspond, in particular complementarily, to an external thread section on the hinge section of the hinge means.

By using a bushing on one side and a threaded bushing on the other, the hinge means can comprise a bolt with a threaded portion or a screw, and the hinge device can be used universally for both coating and normal operation. This shortens assembly times.

Further features, details and advantages of the invention emerge from the appended patent claims, from the drawings and the following description of three preferred embodiments of the hinge device.

• 1 Eine geschnittene Ansicht auf ein erstes Ausführungsbeispiel der Scharniervorrichtung;
• 2 Eine Draufsicht auf einen Bereich eines Festlegemittels eines zweiten Ausführungsbeispiels der Scharniervorrichtung;
• 3 Eine geschnittene Teilansicht auf ein drittes Ausführungsbeispiel der Scharniervorrichtung.

The drawing shows:

• 1 A sectional view of a first embodiment of the hinge device;
• 2 A plan view of a portion of a fixing means of a second embodiment of the hinge device;
• 3 A partial sectional view of a third embodiment of the hinge device.

The figures show exemplary embodiments of a hinge device, designated overall by reference numeral 2, for a vehicle door to be coated (not shown in the figures). The hinge device 2 comprises a first hinge leg 4 and a second hinge leg 6.

The first hinge leg 4 and the second hinge leg 6 are secured to one another by a screw- or bolt-like hinge means 8, rotatable about a hinge axis 10. For this purpose, the first hinge leg 4 comprises a through-opening 28a, and the second hinge leg 6 comprises a through-opening 28b, through which the hinge means 8 extends with a hinge portion 12. On a side of the second hinge leg 6 facing away from the first hinge leg 4, the hinge means 8 comprises a head portion 14 whose diameter is larger than the diameter of the through-openings 28b in the first hinge leg 4 and the second hinge leg 6.

Furthermore, the hinge device 2 comprises a securing means 16 arranged between the second hinge leg 6 and the head portion 14 of the hinge means 8. The securing means 16 comprises a continuous recess 18 through which the hinge means 8 and the securing means 16 extend.

Furthermore, the fixing means 16 comprises a holding section 20, with which the fixing means 16 can be fixed to the first hinge leg 4. Furthermore, the fixing means 16 comprises a receiving section 22.

Furthermore, the hinge device 2 comprises a locking means 24 which can be fixed to the second hinge leg 6 on a side of the second hinge leg 6 facing the fixing means 16.

The hinge legs 4, 6 can be transferred from a release position, in which the hinge legs 4, 6 are rotatable relative to one another about the hinge axis 10, into a locking position which fixes the hinge legs 4, 6 against relative movement to one another about the hinge axis 10, in which the holding section 20 of the fixing means 16 is fixed to the first hinge leg 4 and the locking means 24 is fixed to the receiving section 22 of the fixing means 16.

In the 1 In the exemplary embodiment shown, the fixing means 16 comprises on the receiving section 22 a recess 26 extending parallel to the hinge axis 10 and set back with respect to the second hinge leg 6. The locking means 24 is designed in the form of a pin or a rod and extends parallel to the hinge axis 10. The locking means 24 is in the 1 shown embodiment, arranged in sections in an opening 56 in the second hinge leg 6.

Adjacent to the receiving section 22 is the 1 In the exemplary embodiment shown, a tab-like release section 30 is arranged, which can be manually actuated in order to move the fixing means 16 in the region of the receiving section 22 away from the second hinge leg 6 and thereby bring the locking means 24 out of engagement with the recess 26. On the side of the fixing means 16 facing away from the receiving section 22, the holding section 20 rests flatly against a contact surface 32 of the first hinge means 8 in the locking position.

In the 1 In the embodiment shown, the hinge means 8 comprises several regions with its section extending parallel to the hinge axis 10. The hinge section 12 of the fixing means 16 is arranged in the through opening 28 of the first hinge leg 4 and the second hinge leg 6.

Here, the hinge section 12 is not arranged directly against the first hinge leg 4 and the second hinge leg 6, but rather engages in a threaded bushing 34. The threaded bushing 34 is arranged in the opening 28a of the first hinge leg 4, adjacent to the first hinge leg 4, and engages behind the first hinge leg 4 with an edge section 36, which bears against the first hinge leg 4 on a side of the first hinge leg 4 facing away from the second hinge leg 6. Arranged within the threaded bushing 34 is an internally threaded section 38, which is designed to correspond to an externally threaded section 40 of the hinge section 12 of the hinge means 8. In addition, the hinge device 2 comprises a bushing 42, which is arranged in the opening 28b of the second hinge leg 6, adjacent to the second hinge leg 6, and on whose edge region 44 facing away from the first hinge leg 4, the head section 14 can be placed. 1 In the embodiment shown, a contact disc 46 rests on the edge region 44.

The threaded bushing 34 extends through the bushing 42 in sections.

The hinge means 8 further comprises, between the head portion 14 and the hinge portion 12, a first collar portion 48 which has a diameter that is smaller than the diameter of the recess 18 of the fixing means 16 and which has a thickness in the direction parallel to the hinge axis 10 that is greater than the thickness of the fixing means 16. The first collar portion 48 allows the fixing means 16 to move freely without the fixing means 16 being clamped by the head portion 14 relative to the contact disc 46 or the second hinge leg 6.

Adjacent to the first collar portion 48, the hinge means 8 comprises a second collar portion 50 onto which the contact disc 46 is pressed. The second collar portion 50 has a diameter that is smaller than the diameter of the first collar portion 48 and larger than the diameter of the hinge portion 12.

• Vor einem Beschichtungsvorgang, insbesondere vor einem Lackieren einer Fahrzeugtür und/oder einer Karosserie, findet die Scharniervorrichtung 2 Verwendung. Vor einem Beschichten werden der erste Scharnierschenkel 4 und der zweite Scharnierschenkel 6 relativ zueinander festgelegt. Hierzu werden erster Scharnierschenkel 4 und zweiter Scharnierschenkel 6 von der Freigabestellung in die Arretierstellung überführt. Beim Überführen von der Freigabestellung in die Arretierstellung, wird das Festlegemittel 16 durch das Arretiermittel 24 und/oder durch die Anlagefläche 32 des ersten Scharnierschenkels 4 mitbewegt, bis das Festlegemittel 16 mit seinem Halteabschnitt 20 an der Anlagefläche 32 anliegt und das Arretiermittel 24 in die Ausnehmung 26 des Aufnahmeabschnitts 22 des Festlegemittels 16 eingreift. In dieser Anordnung sind erster Scharnierschenkel 4 und zweiter Scharnierschenkel 6 gegen ein relatives Bewegen um die Scharnierachse 10 zueinander festgelegt.

Based on the 1 The operation of the hinge device 2 is briefly described below using the exemplary embodiment shown:

• The hinge device 2 is used before a coating process, in particular before painting a vehicle door and/or a body. Before coating, the first hinge leg 4 and the second hinge leg 6 are secured relative to one another. For this purpose, the first hinge leg 4 and the second hinge leg 6 are moved from the release position to the locking position. During the transfer from the release position to the locking position, the securing means 16 is moved by the locking means 24 and/or by the contact surface 32 of the first hinge leg 4 until the securing means 16 rests with its holding section 20 against the contact surface 32 and the locking means 24 engages the recess 26 of the receiving section 22 of the securing means 16. In this arrangement, the first hinge leg 4 and the second hinge leg 6 are secured to one another against relative movement about the hinge axis 10.

To release from the locking position, the fixing means 16 on the release section 30 is manually actuated, whereby the locking means 24 is disengaged from the recess 26 and the first hinge leg 4 and the second hinge leg 6 are movable relative to one another.

2 shows a second embodiment of the hinge device 2, in which only a detailed view of a fixing means 16 in the region of the recess 18 is visible. Grooves 52 are arranged on the recess 18, which are open toward the recess 18 and extend in an arrow-shaped, radial, or spiral manner in the direction away from the hinge axis 10. The grooves 52 can form paint scraping grooves, by means of which a release torque that must be overcome in order to release the hinge means 8 from the hinge device 2 after coating can be reduced.

3 shows a third embodiment of the hinge device 2, which shows a detailed sectional view through the area of the edge section 36 of the hinge means 8. In the 3 In the embodiment shown, a sealing means 54, in particular a lacquer ring, is arranged between the head portion 14 of the hinge means 8 and the fixing means 16. The sealing means 54 reduces the risk of penetration of coating agent, in particular lacquer, during the coating process, which also reduces the risk of an increase in the loosening torque.

The features of the invention disclosed in the above description, in the claims and in the drawings can be essential both individually and in any combination in the realization of the invention in its various embodiments within the scope of the following claims.

List of reference symbols

2

Hinge device

4

first hinge leg

6

second hinge leg

8

Hinge means

10

Hinge axis

12

Hinge section

14

head section

16

Fixing agents

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recess

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holding section

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Recording section

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Locking device

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recess

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Opening in the first hinge leg

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Opening in the second hinge leg

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Release section

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contact surface

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threaded bushing

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edge section

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Internal thread section

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External thread section

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socket

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peripheral area

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Investment disc

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first fret section

50

second fret section

52

Groove

54

Sealant

56

further opening in the second hinge leg

Claims (10)

Hinge device (2) for a vehicle door to be coated, comprising a first hinge leg (4), a second hinge leg (6), a screw- or bolt-like hinge means (8) which extends through a through opening (28a) in the first hinge leg (4) and a through opening (28b) in the second hinge leg (6) with a hinge section (12), which comprises, on a side of the second hinge leg (6) facing away from the first hinge leg (4), a head section (14), the diameter of which is larger than the diameter of the through opening (28b) in the second hinge leg (6), and which fixes the first hinge leg (4) and the second hinge leg (6) to one another and rotatably relative to one another about a hinge axis (10) extending through the hinge means (8), with a fixing means (16) which is arranged between the second hinge leg (6) and the head section (14) of the hinge means (8), which has a through recess (18), through which the hinge means (8) passes through the fixing means (16), which comprises a holding section (20) with which the fixing means (16) can be fixed to the first hinge leg (4), and which comprises a receiving section (22), and with a locking means (24) which can be fixed to the second hinge leg (6) on a side of the second hinge leg (6) facing the fixing means (16), wherein the hinge legs (4, 6) can be transferred from a release position, in which the hinge legs (4, 6) are rotatable relative to one another about the hinge axis (10), into a locking position which fixes the hinge legs (4, 6) against relative movement to one another about the hinge axis (10), in which the holding section (20) of the fixing means (16) is fixed to the first hinge leg (4) and the locking means (24) is fixed to the receiving section (22) of the fixing means (16). Hinge device (2) according to Claim 1 , characterized in that the receiving section (22) has at least one recess (26) extending parallel to the hinge axis (10) and recessed with respect to the second hinge leg (6) and/or that the locking means (24) is designed in the manner of a pin or rod, extends parallel to the hinge axis (10) and projects with respect to the second hinge leg (6), wherein the locking means (24) engages in the recess (26) of the receiving section (22) of the fixing means (16) in the locking position and a rear grip is formed to prevent rotation about the hinge axis (10). Hinge device (2) according to Claim 1 or 2 , characterized in that the holding section (20) of the fixing means (16) in the locking position rests flat against a corresponding, in particular complementary, contact surface (32) of the first hinge leg (4), in particular that the contact surface (32) springs back with respect to the outer surface of the first hinge leg (4) and the holding section (20) in the locking position is arranged in a form-fitting manner with respect to the hinge axis (10). Hinge device (2) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the receiving section (22) of the fixing means (16) and/or the holding section (20) of the fixing means (16) are clamped into an undeflected basic position and can be elastically displaced from the undeflected basic position into at least one deflected displacement position. Hinge device (2) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the second hinge leg (6) comprises a further opening (56) in which the locking means (24) is arranged in whole or in sections and/or that the second hinge leg (6) comprises a tensioning means by which the locking means (24) is pretensioned in the direction of the fixing means (16). Hinge device (2) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the fixing means (16), in particular adjacent to the receiving section (22), comprises a guide section which extends obliquely transversely to the hinge axis (10) and in the direction away from the second hinge leg (6) and which guides the locking means (24) when transferred from the release position into the locking position and/or in that the fixing means (16) comprises a manually operable tab-like release section (30) which is manually operable in the direction away from the second hinge leg (6) in order to release the locking means (24) from the rear engagement with the recess (26), in particular wherein the guide section comprises or forms the release section (30). Hinge device (2) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the hinge means (8) comprises a first collar portion (48) which is arranged on the head portion (14) on the side of the head portion (14) facing the second hinge leg (6), which has a diameter which is smaller than the diameter of the recess (18) in the fixing means (16), and which has a thickness in the direction parallel to the hinge axis (10) which is greater than the thickness of the fixing means (16). Hinge device (2) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by at least one contact washer (46) which is arranged between the second hinge leg (6) and the first collar section (48) of the hinge means (8) and which comprises a through-opening with which the contact washer (46) is pressed onto a second collar section (50) of the hinge means (8), wherein the second collar section (50) is arranged on the first collar section (48) on the side of the head section (14) facing the second hinge leg (6) and comprises a diameter which is smaller than the diameter of the first collar section (48) and larger than the diameter of the through-openings (28a, b) in the hinge legs (4, 6). Hinge device (2) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by a sealing means (54), in particular a lacquer ring, which is arranged between the head section (14) of the hinge means (8) and the fixing means (16) and which surrounds the hinge means (8) with respect to the hinge axis (10) in its entirety or at least in sections and/or in that the fixing means (16) comprises grooves (52), in particular lacquer scraping grooves, arranged on the recess (18), in particular on or around the recess (18), which are open towards the recess (18) and which extend in particular in an arrow-shaped, ray-shaped or spiral-shaped manner in the direction away from the hinge axis (10). Hinge device (2) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by at least one bushing (42) which is arranged in the opening (28b) of the second hinge leg (6) so as to bear against the second hinge leg (6) and on whose edge region (44) facing away from the first hinge leg (4), the head section (14) of the hinge means (8) or the contact disc (46) bears, and/or by a threaded bushing (34) which is arranged in the opening (28a) of the first hinge leg (4) so as to bear against the first hinge leg (4), which bushing engages behind the first hinge leg (4) on the side facing away from the second hinge leg (6) transversely to the hinge axis (10) with an edge section (36), which bushing extends entirely or at least partially through the bushing (42) in the second hinge leg (6), and which comprises an internal thread section (38) which corresponds, in particular complementarily, to an external thread section (40) on the Hinge section (12) of the hinge means (8) is formed.

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