Swinging and sliding door for a vehicle, especially a motor vehicle
AssigneeGebr. Bode GmbH & Co. KG
InventorHans Kramer
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Abstract
A swinging and sliding door for a vehicle, especially a motor vehicle, with a door panel, with at least one pivoting arm secured to the wall of the vehicle, with a carriage articulated to the end of the arm and sliding back and forth on a carrier connected to the door panel, and with a drive mechanism secured to the wall of the vehicle and having one wheel that drives a flexible linear-transmission structure guided by rollers and attached to the door panel to generate the sliding motion and another wheel that generates the swinging motion. The axis of rotation of the first wheel and that of the second wheel are concentric with the axis of rotation of the pivoting arm and both wheels can be coupled to a common motor by way of automatic clutches.
Claims10
In a swinging and sliding door for a vehicle, the door having a door panel, at least one pivoting arm securable to a wall of the vehicle, for pivoting about an axis of rotation, a carriage articulated to one end of the arm and sliding back and forth on a carrier connected to the door panel, and a drive mechanism securable to said wall of the vehicle and having a first wheel driving a flexible linear-transmission element guided by rollers and attached to the door panel to generate the sliding motion and a second wheel that generates the swinging motion, the improvement comprising means mounting the first and second wheel for rotation about an axis of rotation which is concentric with the axis of rotation of the at least one pivoting arm and means including automatic clutches for coupling both wheels to a common motor.
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