Vehicle with improved double leafed door system
AssigneeRenault Trucks
InventorJerome Lagrut
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Abstract
A vehicle has a door system having at least a front and a rear door leaf which are each movable between an open and a closed position with respect to the cabin structure. The vehicle includes a door locking system which is provided to lock the door leaves in their closed position in case of collision of the vehicle. The locking system includes a locking mechanism and a triggering mechanism having a front operational portion which is located in vicinity of a front end of the cabin structure so as to be displaced in case the front end of the cabin structure is deformed due to a collision, the displacement mechanically triggering the locking mechanism towards an engaged position.
Claims16
A vehicle having a cabin, the cabin having a cabin structure and a door system, wherein the door system has at least a front and a rear door leaf which are each movable between an open and a closed position with respect to the cabin structure, the leaves closing a same aperture in the cabin structure when they are in their closed position, wherein the vehicle comprises:
- a door locking system which is provided to lock the door leaves in their closed position in case of collision of the vehicle;
- the locking system comprising
- a locking mechanism and
- a triggering mechanism having a front operational portion which is located in vicinity of a front end of the cabin structure so as to be displaced in case the front end of the cabin structure is deformed due to a collision, the displacement mechanically triggering the locking mechanism towards an engaged position.
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