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US 11,248,401 B2Granted
Door for a vehicle
AssigneeBombardier Recreational Products Inc.
InventorsDavid Laroche, Dave Proulx
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Abstract
A door and a vehicle including the door. The door includes a door body; a latch movable between locked and unlocked positions; a first handle accessible from an exterior side of the body; a second handle accessible from an interior side of the body; and a rod connecting the latch and the handles, the handles rotating about a common axis, the first handle being rotatable between a first and a second position, the second handle being rotatable between a third and a fourth position, the latch being in the locked position when the first handle is in the first position and the second handle is in the third position, the latch being in the unlocked position when the first handle is in the second position, the latch being in the unlocked position also when the second handle is in the fourth position.
Claims19
A door for a vehicle, comprising:
- a door body;
- a latch connected to the door body, the latch being selectively movable between a locked position and an unlocked position;
- a shaft connected to the door body;
- a first handle rotatably connected to the door body, the first handle being accessible from an exterior side of the door body,
- the first handle including:
- a first handle body, and
- a first lever portion integrally connected to the first handle body;
- a second handle rotatably connected to the door body, the second handle being accessible from an interior side of the door body,
- the second handle including:
- a second handle body, and
- a second lever portion integrally connected to the second handle body,
- the first handle and the second handle being rotatably disposed on the shaft;
- and
- a rod connected between the latch and at least one of the first handle and the second handle,
- the first handle and the second handle rotating about a common rotation axis about the shaft, the first handle body of the first handle and the second lever portion of the second handle being shaped to fit together and be in direct contact with each other,
- the first handle being rotatable between a first position and a second position, the second handle being rotatable between a third position and a fourth position,
- the latch being in the locked position when the first handle is in the first position and the second handle is in the third position,
- the latch being in the unlocked position when the first handle is in the second position and the second handle is in any position, the latch being in the unlocked position also when the second handle is in the fourth position and the first handle is in any position,
- when the door is pivotably mounted to the vehicle:
- the locked position of the latch preventing the door from pivoting with respect to the vehicle when the door is in a closed position,
- the unlocked position of the latch allowing the door to pivot with respect to the vehicle.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a frame;
- two front wheels operatively connected to the frame;
- two rear wheels operatively connected to the frame;
- at least one seat connected to the frame;
- a motor connected to the frame, the motor being operatively connected to at least one of:
- the two front wheels;
- and
- the two rear wheels;
- and
- at least one door connected to the frame, the at least one door including:
- a door body;
- a latch connected to the door body, the latch being selectively movable between a locked position and an unlocked position;
- a first handle rotatably connected to the door body, the first handle being located on an exterior side of the vehicle,
- the first handle including:
- a first handle body, and
- a first lever portion integrally connected to the first handle body;
- a second handle rotatably connected to the door body, the second handle being located on an interior of the vehicle,
- the second handle including:
- a second handle body, and
- a second lever portion integrally connected to the second handle body;
- and
- a rod connected between the latch and at least one of the first handle and the second handle,
- the first handle and the second handle rotating about a common rotation axis, the first handle body of the first handle and the second lever portion of the second handle being shaped to fit together and be in direct contact with each other,
- the first handle being rotatable between a first position and a second position, the second handle being rotatable between a third position and a fourth position, the latch being in the locked position when the first handle is in the first position and the second handle is in the third position,
- the latch being in the unlocked position when the first handle is in the second position and the second handle is in any position, the latch being in the unlocked position also when the second handle is in the fourth position and the first handle is in any position,
- the locked position of the latch preventing the at least one door from pivoting with respect to the vehicle when the door is in a closed position,
- the unlocked position of the latch allowing the at least one door to pivot with respect to the vehicle,
- the first handle being operatively connected to the second handle such that rotation of one of the first handle and the second handle causes an other one of the first handle and the second handle to rotate;
- the first handle being in the first position when the second handle is in the third position,
- the first handle being in the second position when the second handle is in the fourth position,
- the first handle and the second handle having a fixed relative orientation to each other such that rotation of the one of the first and second handles causes an equal rotation of the other one of the first and second handles.
28 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.