Side sliding door apparatus for electric railcar
AssigneeFuji Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorAkio Inage
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Abstract
A side sliding door apparatus for an electric railcar includes two sliding doors movably supported by a horizontal door rail to open and close an entrance of the electric railcar. The side sliding door apparatus includes an actuator for actuating the sliding door, a locking mechanism for locking the sliding door in a closed state, and an unlocking mechanism for unlocking the sliding door locked by the locking mechanism. The actuator, the locking mechanism, and the unlocking mechanism are provided in each of the two sliding doors. The right and left actuators operate independently from each other, and thus, even if the actuator for one sliding door breaks down, the other sliding door still can be used.
Claims16
A sliding door apparatus for opening and closing an entrance of a vehicle, comprising:
- a horizontal door rail disposed horizontally above the entrance of the vehicle,
- two sliding doors movably supported on the door rail,
- two actuators connected to the respective sliding doors for driving the same,
- two locking mechanisms installed in the respective sliding doors for locking the same when the sliding doors are closed, and
- two unlocking mechanisms installed in the respective sliding doors and connected to the locking mechanisms for unlocking the same independently, each unlocking mechanism being operated separately from each actuator so that each of the doors can be independently actuated by the actuator, locking mechanism and unlocking mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.