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AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDaniel Hahnenberg, Thomas Kreuz, Mirko Lehmkuhl, Werner Jakobs, Lars Reifenstein, Thomas Benderoth
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A motor vehicle sliding door can be moved by a sliding movement between open and closed positions, wherein, in order to lock the sliding door in the open position, a mechanical door stop in the form of a locking latch which has a receiving region for a catch element of the sliding door is provided, and wherein the locking latch can be released by a motorized actuation device, whereby the catch element is released. In the event of failure of the motorized actuation device of the locking latch, for an intuitive unlocking and locking of the sliding door in the open position thereof may be achieved in that the locking latch has a resiliently loaded overload lever, in that the overload lever forms a lateral portion of the receiving region of the locking latch and in that, when the locking latch is locked, the overload lever can be pivoted outward when a specific pushing force of the sliding door is exceeded.
A motor vehicle sliding door which can be moved back and forth by a sliding movement between open and closed positions, wherein, in order to lock the sliding door in the open position thereof, a mechanical door stop comprising a locking latch which has a receiving region for a catch element of the sliding door is provided, and wherein the locking latch can be released by a motorized actuation device, whereby the catch element is released, wherein the locking latch has a resiliently loaded overload lever, the overload lever is pivotably coupled to the locking latch and forms a lateral portion of the receiving region of the locking latch and power is not required for the overload lever to retain the catch element to hold the sliding door in the open position, wherein the overload lever pivots outward due to a sliding motion between the catch element relative to the locking latch, said sliding notion of the catch element being caused by a sliding motion of the sliding door while the locking latch is in a locked position and a specific pushing force of the sliding door is exceeded without activating the actuation device.
A vehicle sliding door comprising:
A vehicle sliding door comprising:
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