US3758990A - Door arrangement for vehicles - Google Patents

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US3758990A
US3758990A US00181332A US3758990DA US3758990A US 3758990 A US3758990 A US 3758990A US 00181332 A US00181332 A US 00181332A US 3758990D A US3758990D A US 3758990DA US 3758990 A US3758990 A US 3758990A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60J—WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
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  • ABSTRACT A door arrangement for a door opening of a vehicle wherein hinge means and guide means interconnecting the door with the body of the vehicle are provided, the hinge and guide means including hinge struts and guide struts secured at one end to the vehicle body, and a rod member interconnecting the other ends of the hinge and guide struts.
  • Releasable means are also provided for securing one of said hinge struts and said rod members to the door so that the door may be moved to an open position about the one end of the hinge and guide struts obliquely with respect to the plane of the door opening. Alternatively, the door may be accordingly moved to an open position about the one end of the hinge and guide struts perpendicularly with respect to the plane of the door opening.
  • a door arrangement for vehicles is disclosed as having hinge means interconnecting the door to the vehicle in such a manner that, in its open position, the door will be moved obliquely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and will cover up a lateral edge of the vehicle outwardly of one end of the vehicle and of the door opening.
  • Such a door arrangement also has a guide means interconnecting the door with the vehicle wherein the guide means together with the hinge means, will serve to permit the door to be swung outwardly toward the one end of the vehicle outwardly of the plane of the door opening, and will also serve to permit the door to be swung closed back into the plane of the door opening.
  • the door ' may be-opened in less space as com- ;pared to similar prior art arrangements, requires less space laterally than'the known pivoting door,.and requires less space laterally of the door opening than those door arrangements which are moved parallel toward themselves out of the dooropening and into end positions on the side of the door opening.
  • Both the hinge means and guide means in the above referred-to application comprise elongated struts each pivotally secured at one end to the vehicle and at their other ends to the door in such a manner as to swing outwardly through a predetermined angle.
  • these struts are bent to some degree, the door may jam so that it may be difficult for it to be opened.
  • it may be that either on the side of the vehicle or immediately in front and/or behind the vehicle, other vehicles will be parked which may prevent the door from being fully opened.
  • the invention herein therefore serves to slightly modify such an arrangement so that the door may be opened either obliquely with respect to the plane of the door opening or in the manner of a double or folding door pivoting outwardly at one end thereof.
  • The-hinge means and guide means each comprise, as in the above-mentioned application, struts located at the top and bottom of the door.
  • Each of the struts are pivotally secured at one end to the vehicle bodyand have a rod member interconnecting their other ends.
  • this rod member is releasably secured to the door.
  • the door may be opened alternately as a standard hinged or pivoting door about a pivotal axis at one end by simply providing a releasable securing means for the hinge struts so as to secure them, instead of the rod member, to the door.
  • the guide struts may be wholly unattached for the pivoting door arrangement in order to collapse these struts into the plane of the door after it is opened.
  • releasable securing means may be of any wellknown type as, for example, a latch or clamp mounted on the door.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 are each top schematic views showing the two positions in which the door may be opened.
  • FIG. 1 the door arrangement and operation of the door permits it to be opened as a swinging door similar to that in the above referred-to application.
  • FIG. 2 the hinge and guide means arrangement is the same except that the door operates as a pivoting door because of the different hinge and guide means attachments.
  • Both figures show in solid lines the position of the door in its closed position within the door opening.
  • the broken lines show the opened position of the door in both figures and similar parts are identified by the same reference numerals.
  • the door 1 is swiveled by a combined rotary and shifting movement into its position 1' in'FIG. 1 so that it will lie obliquely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle (not shown) and will cover the front or rear end of the vehicle, in a manner similar to the above referred-to application, depending on which end of the vehicle the door is mounted.
  • the corresponding opened position shown in FIG. 2 has been designated 1''.
  • a swinging movement of the door takes place about a swinging axis at the left end of the door shown in the Figure.
  • the two possible opening movements are effected by the same hinge and guide means.
  • Thehinge means comprise struts 2 at the top and bottom of the door (only one shown), and the guide means comprise struts 3 also at the top and bot tom of the door (again only one shown).
  • Each arrangement of struts 2 and 3 at the top an bottom is similar to one another so that only one such arrangement will be described.
  • struts 2 and 3 are designated with a prime and a double prime for the respective open door positions, FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • Struts 2 and 3 are pivotally secured at one end to the vehicle body in each embodiment as at 4 and 5, respectively.
  • the other end 6 of strut 2 is pivotally secured to the door 1 in each embodiment while the other end 7 of strut 3 in FIG. I is releasably secured to the door, directly, or is releasably secured to the door indirectly by means of securing means 9 and rod member 8.
  • the rod 8 may be omitted.
  • the strut 2 is releasably secured between its ends to the door at 10 rod member 8 is needed to cause movement of strut 3 during opening of the door as will be hereinafter described.
  • the door I in FIG. 1 may therefore be swung open in a manner similar to that of the door described in the above-referred-to application. In so doing, the door is pivoted about points 4 and 5 so as to be moved outwardly of the door opening and thereafter forwardly of the door opening along a path shown by the curved phantom lines.
  • the door, in its open position of 1', will therefore be disposed obliquely to the plane of the door opening as the struts are moved to their positions of 2' and 3', shown in dotted lines in the drawing.
  • the arrangement of the struts and the rod member is the same in all respects as in FIG. 1 except that strut 2 is releasably secured to the door as at 10 and end 7 of strut 3' is not secured to the door, while strut 3 in FIG. 1 is pivotally secured to the door at end 7 or releasably at 9 in combination with rod 8.
  • the door 1 may be swung open as a double or folding door about points 4 and 5 along a path shown by the phantom lines in the drawing. It can be therefore seen that by contrast to FIG. 1, the door I" in FIG.
  • rod member 8 permits each strut 2 and 3 to be pivoted about points 4 and 5 because of the rigidity of each strut and bar member and the fact that strut 2 is secured to the door at 10 intermediate its ends.
  • the strut 2 may be looked upon as the leaf of a hinge swinging about point 4.
  • struts 3 may be disconnected from the vehicle body at their ends 5 so as to be collapsed into the plane of the door, shown partially at 7", when the door is opened to its position 1'.
  • a door arrangement for a door opening of a vehicle comprising:
  • said hinge and guide means comprising hingestruts and guide struts, one end of each said strut being pivotally secured to said vehicle body at points spaced from each other, the other end of said hinge struts being pivotally securedto said door, said hinge struts lying in the plane of said door in the closed position thereof; selectively releasable means for rigidly securing said hinge struts to said door in their position in the plane of the closed door; selectively releasable means for pivotally securing the other ends of said guide struts to said door spaced from the other ends of said hinge struts; whereby with only the releasable means for securing the other ends of said guide struts to said door in place, said door is moved outwardly from said door opening and obliquely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle into an opened position in which it is partly located forwardly and inwardly of said one end edge of said vehicle body covering up said one end edge; and whereby with only the
  • said releasable means for pivotally securing the other ends of said guide struts comprises a rod a door adapted to be moved into and out of said door member piv tally se ured to Said other ends of said opening;
  • hinge means and guide means interconnecting said door with the body of said vehicle near one end edge thereof;

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US4386481A (en) * 1980-12-10 1983-06-07 V. Kann Rasmussen Holding A/S Tilting window
US4641881A (en) * 1983-10-04 1987-02-10 Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha Side door hinge mechanism in motor vehicle
US4650241A (en) * 1983-05-19 1987-03-17 Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha Side door hinge mechanism in motor vehicle
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US20090072583A1 (en) * 2007-09-14 2009-03-19 Elliott Adrian N A Vehicle dual hinge rear door articulating and sliding system
US20090072582A1 (en) * 2007-09-14 2009-03-19 Elliott Adrian N A Vehicle unsequenced rear door articulating mechanism
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US4019775A (en) * 1974-10-07 1977-04-26 Lunke & Sohn Gmbh Sliding door for vehicles, especially automobiles
US4386481A (en) * 1980-12-10 1983-06-07 V. Kann Rasmussen Holding A/S Tilting window
US4650241A (en) * 1983-05-19 1987-03-17 Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha Side door hinge mechanism in motor vehicle
US4653799A (en) * 1983-09-26 1987-03-31 Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha Apparatus for housing electrical wiring extending between a vehicle door and a vehicle body
US4641881A (en) * 1983-10-04 1987-02-10 Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha Side door hinge mechanism in motor vehicle
US4658475A (en) * 1983-10-11 1987-04-21 Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha Side door hinge mechanism in motor vehicle
US4713862A (en) * 1984-11-02 1987-12-22 Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha Side door hinge mechanism in motor vehicle
US4700983A (en) * 1984-11-02 1987-10-20 Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha Construction of body of motor vehicle
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US4738003A (en) * 1985-05-17 1988-04-19 Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha Door opening/closing hinge device
US6227612B1 (en) * 1997-11-20 2001-05-08 Hoerbiger Hydraulik Gbmh Operational arrangement for movable parts on vehicles
US6045204A (en) * 1998-10-13 2000-04-04 Hexcel Corporation Overhead stowage bins in aircraft
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US6382705B1 (en) 2001-02-01 2002-05-07 General Motors Corporation Vehicle independent rear access panel with four bar hinge
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US6681448B2 (en) * 2001-06-22 2004-01-27 Ventra Group Inc. Hinge assembly for a vehicle door
US20050140145A1 (en) * 2002-05-01 2005-06-30 Michael George Mechanism for moving a door
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US20080100394A1 (en) * 2004-06-30 2008-05-01 Emag Technologies, Inc. Microstrip to Coplanar Waveguide Transition
US20070152473A1 (en) * 2005-12-16 2007-07-05 Ford Motor Company Independently opening doors for an automotive door opening
US7488029B2 (en) 2005-12-16 2009-02-10 Ford Global Technologies, Llc Independently opening doors for an automotive door opening
US20090200833A1 (en) * 2007-02-08 2009-08-13 Gerhard Heuel Sliding Door For A Motor Vehicle
US8096605B2 (en) * 2007-02-08 2012-01-17 Dura Automotive Body & Glass Systems Gmbh Sliding door for a motor vehicle
US20090051194A1 (en) * 2007-08-20 2009-02-26 Elliott Adrian N A Vehicle unguided four-bar rear door articulating and sliding mechanism
US7798557B2 (en) 2007-08-20 2010-09-21 Ford Global Technologies, Llc Vehicle unguided four-bar rear door articulating and sliding mechanism
US20090072582A1 (en) * 2007-09-14 2009-03-19 Elliott Adrian N A Vehicle unsequenced rear door articulating mechanism
US20090072583A1 (en) * 2007-09-14 2009-03-19 Elliott Adrian N A Vehicle dual hinge rear door articulating and sliding system
US7950109B2 (en) 2007-09-14 2011-05-31 Ford Global Technologies, Llc Vehicle 180 degree rear door articulating mechanism
US7950719B2 (en) 2007-09-14 2011-05-31 Ford Global Technologies, Llc Vehicle dual hinge rear door articulating and sliding system
US7980621B2 (en) 2007-09-14 2011-07-19 Ford Global Technologies, Llc Vehicle rear door articulating mechanism
US20090070960A1 (en) * 2007-09-14 2009-03-19 Elliott Adrian N A Vehicle 180 degree rear door articulating mechanism
US7658438B1 (en) * 2008-11-21 2010-02-09 Ford Global Technologies, Llc Simultaneous single rail movement system for a vehicle door
US20100171336A1 (en) * 2009-01-05 2010-07-08 Adrian Nicholas Alexander Elliott Vehicle door belt and cam articulating mechanism
US7918492B2 (en) 2009-01-05 2011-04-05 Ford Global Technologies, Llc Vehicle door belt and cam articulating mechanism
US10407965B2 (en) * 2016-12-22 2019-09-10 Universal City Studios Llc Cam locking shotgun gate

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