Sliding door for a motor vehicle
AssigneeDr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
InventorKlaus Kleemann
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Abstract
A sliding door is arranged on a side wall of a body of a motor vehicle. A running device interacts with a guide rail mounted on the side wall. A safety device is provided for aiding in opening of the sliding door after an accident-caused deformation of the vehicle body. In order to achieve an good functioning of the safety device, it is constructed in such a fashion that, after a deformation affecting the side wall, a movement of the running device in the guide rail can be implemented for opening the sliding door.
Claims17
Sliding door for a motor vehicle which is arranged in use on a side wall of a body of the motor vehicle and interacts with a guide rail mounted on the side wall of the vehicle body, by way of a running device, a safety device being provided for aiding in opening of the sliding door after an accident-caused deformation of the vehicle body,
- wherein the safety device is constructed such that, after a deformation affecting the side wall of the vehicle body, running device movement in the guide rail is permitted for opening the sliding door.
A vehicle body assembly comprising:
- a vehicle side wall, and
- a door guide rail fixed to the side wall and operable in use to guide opening and closing movements of a vehicle sliding door with a running device guided in said door guide rail,
- wherein said door guide rail is configured to permit movement of said running device in said guide rail after collision induced deformation of the vehicle side wall at locations where said door guide rail is fixed to said side wall,
- wherein said guide rail includes a fastening plate section adapted to abut with and be directly attached to the vehicle side wall and a guiding section configured to guide the running device, and
- wherein said guide rail includes break away connections between the fastening plate section and the guiding section along a portion of the length of the guide rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.