EP1911917A1 - Schiebetür eines Fahrzeuges - Google Patents

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EP1911917A1
EP1911917A1 EP06425693A EP06425693A EP1911917A1 EP 1911917 A1 EP1911917 A1 EP 1911917A1 EP 06425693 A EP06425693 A EP 06425693A EP 06425693 A EP06425693 A EP 06425693A EP 1911917 A1 EP1911917 A1 EP 1911917A1
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Giorgio Masoero
Marco Monaco
Maurizio Urbinati
Cecilia Ruspa
Angelo Storgato
Enrico Pisino
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D15/00—Suspension arrangements for wings
    • E05D15/06—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane
    • E05D15/10—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane
    • E05D15/1065—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane with transversely moving track
    • E05D15/1081—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane with transversely moving track specially adapted for vehicles
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D15/00—Suspension arrangements for wings
    • E05D15/06—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane
    • E05D15/10—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane
    • E05D15/1042—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane with transversely moving carriage
    • E05D2015/1055—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane with transversely moving carriage with slanted or curved track sections or cams
    • E05D2015/1057—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane with transversely moving carriage with slanted or curved track sections or cams the carriage swinging or rotating in those track sections
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05D—HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS
    • E05D15/00—Suspension arrangements for wings
    • E05D15/06—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane
    • E05D15/10—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane
    • E05D15/1065—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane with transversely moving track
    • E05D2015/1084—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane with transversely moving track the carriage being directly linked to the fixed frame, e.g. slidingly
    • E05D2015/1086—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane with transversely moving track the carriage being directly linked to the fixed frame, e.g. slidingly swingingly, e.g. on arms
    • E05D2015/1092—Suspension arrangements for wings for wings sliding horizontally more or less in their own plane movable out of one plane into a second parallel plane with transversely moving track the carriage being directly linked to the fixed frame, e.g. slidingly swingingly, e.g. on arms the carriage swinging or rotating in curved track sections
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2201/00—Constructional elements; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/60—Suspension or transmission members; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/622—Suspension or transmission members elements
    • E05Y2201/684—Rails; Tracks
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2800/00—Details, accessories and auxiliary operations not otherwise provided for
    • E05Y2800/15—Applicability
    • E05Y2800/17—Universally applicable
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/50—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for vehicles
    • E05Y2900/53—Type of wing
    • E05Y2900/531—Doors

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  • the present invention relates to sliding doors for motor vehicles, of the type comprising a door structure and means to guide the sliding movement of the door structure with respect to the structure of a motor vehicle, between a door-closed position and a door-open position, said guiding means comprising a first, a second and a third coupling device of the rail and trolley type interposed between the door structure and the motor vehicle structure, in which said first rail-and-trolley coupling device is substantially situated at the level of a theoretical line of separation between a lower portion of the door and an upper portion of the door, in which a window (W) or similar structure extends, and in which a second rail-and-trolley coupling device is substantially situated at the level of the floor of the motor vehicle.
  • W window
  • the purpose of the present invention is to produce a sliding door of the type specified above that presents a simple structure and efficient operation and that at the same time can easily be adapted to both front and rear doors, as well as to motor vehicles of various types, including motor vehicles having doors without window frames.
  • the subject of the invention is a motor vehicle sliding door having all the characteristics indicated above and also characterised in that said third rail-and-trolley coupling device is situated at an intermediate height between said first and said second rail-and-trolley coupling devices, in such a manner that said sliding door is without guiding means above said theoretical line, said third coupling device comprising a rail borne by the door, in which a trolley borne by the structure of the motor vehicle is engaged in a sliding manner.
  • the sliding door according to the invention is characterised in that it is completely free of guiding devices above said theoretical line or "waist" line of the door.
  • said third coupling device is typically on the contrary situated at the height of the upper edge of the door, adjacent to the roof of the vehicle.
  • the sliding door according to the invention may be adapted to a wide range of different types of vehicle and leaves considerable freedom to the designer in designing a motor vehicle that enables its application. Since with the door according to the invention it is not necessary to provide a guide rail adjacent to the roof of the vehicle, the designer of the motor vehicle is free from all constraints in determining the conformation of the upper part of the door, as well as that of the adjacent parts of the motor vehicle. Furthermore, again due to the fact of not requiring a guide rail adjacent to the roof, the door according to the invention may also be applied to vehicles (typically open sports cars or coupes) of the type in which the window is without a window frame.
  • vehicles typically open sports cars or coupes
  • the door according to the invention also presents the advantage that it can be made in such a manner as to conceal from sight the guide rails of the three rail-and-trolley coupling devices. Furthermore, in the case of the third coupling device situated at an intermediate level between the other two, the problem of adequately supporting the door is resolved thanks to the fact that, as indicated above, the rail is connected to the structure of the door and the trolley is borne by the structure of the motor vehicle.
  • the trolley of said third coupling device is borne at the extremity of an arm mounted on and projecting from the structure of the motor vehicle, articulated around a substantially vertical axis.
  • said arm is concealed from sight by a sheath likewise mounted in an oscillating manner on the structure of the motor vehicle, that defines an armrest in the door-closed configuration.
  • the first rail-and-trolley coupling device substantially situated at the level of the "waist" line of the door, presents a rail fixed to the structure of the motor vehicle and covered by a facing panel that conceals the rail from sight.
  • This facing panel defines an access slit situated above the rail.
  • the trolley engaged in a sliding manner in the rail of said first coupling device is borne at the extremity of an arm mounted on and projecting from the door structure, in an articulated manner.
  • This arm has a configuration shaped in such a way that it inserts from above into said access slit and terminates with an extremity bearing the trolley engaged within said guiding rail.
  • the projecting arm bearing the trolley of the first coupling device is made to return to its limit position with regard to its axis of oscillation, by a spring.
  • the second rail-and-trolley coupling device substantially situated at the level of the floor of the vehicle, presents a rail borne by the structure of the motor vehicle and a trolley borne in an oscillating manner at the distal extremity of an arm borne by and projecting from the motor vehicle structure.
  • reference number 1 indicates a sliding door according to the invention (shown with a dotted line) made as the rear side door of a motor vehicle 2 of any type.
  • the structure bearing the door 1 is made in any known manner, according to conventional technology. Typically it comprises two structures of pressed sheet metal welded together along the peripheral edges to define the inner framework and the external surface of the door. Made in this way, the door presents, in a manner in itself conventional, a lower part 1A, separated by a theoretical line 1B, or "waist" line, from an upper part 1C occupied by a window W.
  • the structure of the door 1 is of the type including a frame of the window W.
  • the invention is also applicable to door structures without a window frame, in which only the glass of the window extends above the waist line 1B.
  • the door 1 is mounted on the supporting structure of the motor vehicle 2 such that it can slide between a closed position (figure 1) and an open position (figure 3).
  • the sliding movement of the door is guided by guide means exclusively consisting of a first coupling device G1 of the rail-and-trolley type, substantially situated at the level of the waist line 1B, of a second coupling device G2 of the rail-and-trolley type, substantially situated at the level of the vehicle floor, and of a third coupling device G3 of the rail-and-trolley type that, according to the invention, is situated at an intermediate level between the two devices G1, G2, in such a way that the door structure according to the invention is completely free of guide means above the "waist" line 1B.
  • the three coupling devices G1, G2 and G3 present guide rails R1, R2, and R3 respectively engaged by trolleys C1, C2, C3 (shown in figures 5, 6 and 7).
  • the rails R1, R2 are mounted on the load-bearing structure of the motor vehicle.
  • the rail R3 is fixed to the load-bearing structure of the door 1.
  • the trolleys engaged within the rails R1, R2, R3 are borne at the extremities of arms A1, A2, A3.
  • the arms A1 and A2 are borne by the structure of the door 1, whereas the arm A3 is borne by the structure of the motor vehicle.
  • the rails R1 and R2 of the coupling devices G1, G2 are configured in such a manner that, starting from the closed position, the door moves towards its open position initially also being displaced transversally outwards, so that it can flank the external lateral part of the motor vehicle during its sliding movement.
  • a first end portion R1a is provided for with orientation substantially in the transverse direction.
  • a first portion R2a is provided having a transverse component that enables the door to make an adequate movement. It should be observed, with reference to figure 1, that the portion R2a is situated, together with the remaining part of the rail R2, in a substantially horizontal plane and substantially parallel to the floor of the motor vehicle.
  • the trolley C1 comprises a central wheel 3, freely rotating with horizontal axis, and two lateral wheels 4 with vertical axes.
  • the wheels 3, 4 are mounted freely rotating on pins borne at the shaped extremity of the arm A1.
  • the rail R1 anchored to the side wall of the load-bearing structure of the motor vehicle is concealed from sight by a panel 5 that together with the wall of the motor vehicle defines an upper access slit 5a within which the extremity of the shaped arm A1 inserts.
  • the arm A1 comprises a plate of pressed sheet metal that presents a part A1a providing anchorage to the door (the structure of the door 1 is not illustrated in figure 5 for clarity's sake) that is mounted onto the door 1 such that is can oscillate around a vertical axis 6, the plane of the plate A1a being at right angles to the axis of oscillation.
  • the anchorage part A1a is substantially at the same level as the trolley C1.
  • the part A1a continues however with a part 7 that rises upwards, connects with a substantially horizontal part 8 and from there extends further into a vertical part 9 that inserts through the access slit 5a.
  • the part 9 extends in a further part 10 directed transversally outwards such as to enable the end part 11 to insert into the rail R1 that presents an access slit R1b situated laterally and outwards.
  • the anchorage part A1a of the arm A1 is mounted so that it can oscillate around the axis 6, through an articulation pin 6a, onto a metal rod 6b that is fixed with screws (not shown) to the door structure.
  • a spiral spring 12 is also associated to the pin 6a, tending to recall the arm A1 towards a limit position.
  • the trolley C2 likewise presents a central wheel with horizontal axis 3 and two lateral wheels with vertical axes 4 (only one of which is shown in figure 6), freely rotating.
  • the trolley C2 is borne by a sheet metal support 13 that he is mounted oscillating around a substantially vertical axis 14 onto the extremity 15 of the arm A2, such as to enable the trolley to follow the configuration of the rail R2 in an optimal manner during movement of the door between the closed position and the open position.
  • the trolley C3 likewise presents a central wheel 3 with substantially horizontal axis, borne such that it can rotate freely by a support member 16, and two lateral wheels 4 with substantially vertical axes, borne freely rotating by the support member 16.
  • the support member 16 is mounted, so that it can freely oscillate around a substantially vertical axis, at the distal extremity of the arm A3, the opposite end of the arm A3 being on the contrary mounted oscillating around a vertical axis 17 onto a support 18 fixed with screws (not shown) to the load-bearing structure of the motor vehicle.
  • the door 1 may be opened by acting on its handle (not shown) in order to release it and exercising force on the door in such a manner as to move it transversally outwards and then longitudinally backwards, flanking the side wall of the motor vehicle.
  • the trolleys borne by the arms A1 and A2 follow the guide rails R1 and R2 borne by the structure of the motor vehicle, whereas the arm A3 bearing the trolley that engages the rail R3 borne by the door 1 makes an oscillation around its vertical axis of oscillation, while the rail R3 moves relative to the trolley mounted at its extremity.
  • the arm A3 is concealed from sight by a rigid sheath I that is mounted onto the structure of the motor vehicle such that it oscillates around the same axis of oscillation as the arm A3 (or around an axis parallel and adjacent to that axis) and that, in the door-closed condition, also comprises an armrest for the door.
  • the sliding door according to the invention is principally characterised in that it is completely free of devices to guide it and couple it to the structure of the motor vehicle above the "waist" 1B, with the consequent advantage of leaving the designer completely free in defining the configuration of the motor vehicle along the upper profile of the side, as well as enabling the sliding door to be applied both as a front door and as a rear door to motor vehicles of various types, including open sports cars or coupes with doors not having a window frame.
  • the rails of the devices G1, G2, G3 are channels having identical section and shape, which fact enables their manufacture to be rationalised and simplified. Furthermore, thanks to that characteristic, it is also possible to adopt trolleys C1, C2, and C3 substantially identical one to the other, at least with regard to the wheels they contain, with consequent further simplification and rationalisation of production.

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EP1980436A3 (de) * 2007-04-12 2009-04-29 GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. Schienensystem einer Lagerungs- und Führungsvorrichtung für eine Kraftfahrzeug-Schiebetür
CN107719469A (zh) * 2017-10-11 2018-02-23 洪幼芬 一种建筑市政道路用具有净化空气功能的环保新能源车

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GB2248649A (en) * 1990-10-05 1992-04-15 Denis Lyn Crundal Allen Vehicle sliding door
DE4302545C1 (de) * 1993-01-29 1994-04-21 Daimler Benz Ag Seitlich angeordnete Schiebetür für ein Kraftfahrzeug
EP0800944A1 (de) * 1996-04-09 1997-10-15 Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Vorrichtung zur Unterstützung für eine Schiebetür
EP1255014A1 (de) 2001-05-04 2002-11-06 Peugeot Citroen Automobiles SA Schiebetüranordnung für ein Kraftfahrzeug

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GB2248649A (en) * 1990-10-05 1992-04-15 Denis Lyn Crundal Allen Vehicle sliding door
DE4302545C1 (de) * 1993-01-29 1994-04-21 Daimler Benz Ag Seitlich angeordnete Schiebetür für ein Kraftfahrzeug
EP0800944A1 (de) * 1996-04-09 1997-10-15 Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Vorrichtung zur Unterstützung für eine Schiebetür
EP1255014A1 (de) 2001-05-04 2002-11-06 Peugeot Citroen Automobiles SA Schiebetüranordnung für ein Kraftfahrzeug

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1980436A3 (de) * 2007-04-12 2009-04-29 GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. Schienensystem einer Lagerungs- und Führungsvorrichtung für eine Kraftfahrzeug-Schiebetür
US7909386B2 (en) 2007-04-12 2011-03-22 GM Global Technology Operations LLC Rail system of a mounting and guide device for a motor vehicle sliding door
CN107719469A (zh) * 2017-10-11 2018-02-23 洪幼芬 一种建筑市政道路用具有净化空气功能的环保新能源车

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