Vehicle door
AssigneeSoftcar SA
InventorsEtienne Crozier, Clara Gulli, Guillaume Heisel, Stéphane Landwerlin, Jean-Luc Thuliez
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Abstract
The invention relates to a sectional door of a vehicle opening as close as possible to the body of said vehicle, having cam strikers for closing, locking and opening same, having actuators for opening same and having a movable window capable of separating from said body and translating horizontally along said door. These elements are implemented on a door having surfaces with a complex geometry, thus providing a one-piece body having surfaces with a complex geometry, with a single large opening on the side for accessing the front seats and the rear seats, and a single large door for closing said opening.
Claims24
A door system for a vehicle, said door system comprising:
- a door comprising
- a top pivot,
- a top frame linked to the vehicle by the top pivot,
- a bottom door leaf, and
- at least one bottom pivot between said top frame and said at least one bottom door leaf, said top pivot being farther away horizontally than vertically from said at least one bottom pivot, allowing the door to be opened or closed along the form of a body of the vehicle and allowing said door to have a travel distance exceeding at least the overall width of said vehicle;
- and
- a mobile window,
- wherein the door is configured to open or close independently from the position of the mobile window.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.