PROJECTING DOOR HINGE STRUCTURE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a projecting door hinge structure that can arrange a hinge part in a cabin which is insusceptible to dirt while reducing a degree of projection into the cabin, and ensures large suppressing force against door movement control. SOLUTION: A rod member 4 is provided with a length different from that of the hinge member 3 and is journaled at its both ends between the interior of a vehicle body 2 and a door 2 to suppress the excessive opening of an outer end of the door 2, and the hinge member 3 is provided with an avoidance portion 10 that avoids the vehicle body 1 when the door 2 is almost fully opened. Despite the arrangement of the hinge parts in the cabin which is insusceptible to dirt, the hinge part 3 and the rod member 4 do not project into the cabin to disturb an occupant when the door 2 is fully closed, and the door 2, when fully opened, can project forward to enlarge a door space near the hinge while a wheelchair is carried in and out. The rod member 4 of a simple structure can suppress the excessive opening of the outer door end by large drag.