GB2594012A - A door system, a vehicle and a method of providing a barrier - Google Patents

A door system, a vehicle and a method of providing a barrier Download PDF

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GB2594012A
GB2594012A GB2109270.5A GB202109270A GB2594012A GB 2594012 A GB2594012 A GB 2594012A GB 202109270 A GB202109270 A GB 202109270A GB 2594012 A GB2594012 A GB 2594012A
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Hook Nicholas
Rathbone David
Gunther Kempf Gero
Welch Kevin
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Jaguar Land Rover Ltd
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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
    • B60J5/00—Doors
    • B60J5/04—Doors arranged at the vehicle sides
    • B60J5/042—Reinforcement elements
    • B60J5/0456—Behaviour during impact
    • B60J5/0459—Active coupling of the reinforcement elements to the door or to the vehicle body, e.g. through releasing of pressurized gas
    • 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
    • B60J5/00—Doors
    • B60J5/04—Doors arranged at the vehicle sides
    • B60J5/06—Doors arranged at the vehicle sides slidable; foldable
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R13/00—Elements for body-finishing, identifying, or decorating; Arrangements or adaptations for advertising purposes
    • B60R13/04—External Ornamental or guard strips; Ornamental inscriptive devices thereon
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R19/00—Wheel guards; Radiator guards, e.g. grilles; Obstruction removers; Fittings damping bouncing force in collisions
    • B60R19/02—Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects
    • B60R19/24—Arrangements for mounting bumpers on vehicles
    • B60R19/38—Arrangements for mounting bumpers on vehicles adjustably or movably mounted, e.g. horizontally displaceable for securing a space between parked vehicles
    • B60R19/40—Arrangements for mounting bumpers on vehicles adjustably or movably mounted, e.g. horizontally displaceable for securing a space between parked vehicles in the direction of an obstacle before a collision, or extending during driving of the vehicle, i.e. to increase the energy absorption capacity of the bumper
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R19/00—Wheel guards; Radiator guards, e.g. grilles; Obstruction removers; Fittings damping bouncing force in collisions
    • B60R19/02—Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects
    • B60R19/42—Bumpers, i.e. impact receiving or absorbing members for protecting vehicles or fending off blows from other vehicles or objects extending primarily along the sides of, or completely encircling, a vehicle
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R3/00—Arrangements of steps or ladders facilitating access to or on the vehicle, e.g. running-boards
    • B60R3/02—Retractable steps or ladders, e.g. movable under shock
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B83/00—Vehicle locks specially adapted for particular types of wing or vehicle
    • E05B83/36—Locks for passenger or like doors
    • E05B83/38—Locks for passenger or like doors for pillar-less vehicles, i.e. vehicles where a front and a back door engage each other in the closed position
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R13/00—Elements for body-finishing, identifying, or decorating; Arrangements or adaptations for advertising purposes
    • B60R13/04—External Ornamental or guard strips; Ornamental inscriptive devices thereon
    • B60R2013/046—Foot boards

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  • Body Structure For Vehicles (AREA)
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Abstract

Aspects of the present invention relate to a door system (120) for a vehicle (100), a vehicle (100) and a method (2100, 2200, 2300) of providing a barrier. The door system (120) comprises a door (106) configured to move between a closed position, in which it covers at least a portion of an opening (105) of a cabin (103) in a body of a vehicle (100), and an open position allowing access through the opening (105). The door system also comprises a barrier member (112) comprising a first portion (403) and a second portion (405). The barrier member (112) is moveable between an access position in which the first portion (403) and the second portion (405) are disposed below a level (404) of a floor (114) of the cabin (103) and a barrier position. In the barrier position, at least the second portion (405) of the barrier member (112) extends up to an elevated level (406) above the level (404) of the floor (114), adjacent to a panel (1002, 1201) of the door (106), for resisting entry into the cabin (103) of objects impacting against the door (106).

Claims (25)

1 . A door system for a vehicle, the first door system comprising: a first door configured to move between a closed position, in which it covers at least a portion of an opening of a cabin in a body of a vehicle, and an open position allowing access through the opening; and a first barrier member comprising a first portion and a second portion, the first barrier member being moveable between an access position in which the first portion and the second portion are disposed below a level of a floor of the cabin and a barrier position in which at least the second portion extends up to an elevated level above the level of the floor, adjacent to a panel of the first door, for resisting entry into the cabin of objects impacting against the first door.
2. A door system according to claim 1 , wherein, with the first barrier member in the barrier position, the first portion resides below the level of the floor and the second portion extends up to an elevated level above the level of the floor.
3. A door system according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the first barrier member is pivotally mounted to enable the first barrier member to rotate between the barrier position and the access position.
4. A door system according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the first barrier member is mounted to slide between the barrier position and the access position.
5. A door system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the first barrier member has a step surface arranged to be upward facing and below the level of the floor when the first barrier member is in the access position, for providing a step to support a user when entering and/or leaving the cabin.
6. A door system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein, with the first barrier member in the barrier position, at least the second portion of the first barrier member resides between a part of the first door and the cabin.
7. A door system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein, with the first barrier member in the barrier position, a part of the first door resides between at least the second portion of the first barrier member and the cabin.
8. A door system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein: the door system comprises a second door configured to move between a closed position, in which it covers a portion of the opening of the cabin of the vehicle, and an open position allowing access through the opening; and the first door in combination with the second door extend across the width of the opening when the first door and the second door are in their closed positions.
9. A door system according to claim 8, wherein at least the second portion of the first barrier member extends alongside the first door and the second door when the first barrier member is in the barrier position.
10. A door system according to claim 9, wherein the first portion of the first barrier member extends below the first door when the first barrier member is in the barrier position.
1 1 . A door system according to any one of claims 8 to 10, wherein the door system comprises a control system configured to cause the actuator to move the first barrier member to the barrier position in dependence on receiving a request to move the first door to its closed position so that both the first door and the second door are in their closed position.
12. A door system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the door system comprises a control system configured to cause the actuator to move the first barrier member to the barrier position in dependence on receiving a request to move the first door to its closed position.
13. A door system according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the door system comprises a control system configured to receive a sensor signal indicative of an impact and/or an expected impact on the first door and/or a second door, and to cause an actuator to move the first barrier member to the barrier position in dependence on receiving the sensor signal.
14. A door system according to claim 13, wherein the control system is configured to receive the sensor signal from a sensor configured to detect an impact on the first door.
15. A door system according to claim 13 when dependent on claim 8, wherein the control system is configured to receive the sensor signal from a sensor configured to detect an impact on the second door.
16. A door system according to claim 13, wherein the control system is configured to receive the sensor signal from a sensor configured to detect movement of objects external to the vehicle.
17. A door system according to any one of claims 1 to 16, wherein the first door comprises a first crosspiece extending across the width of the first door, and in the barrier position the first barrier member is configured to provide support to the first crosspiece to resist lateral movement of the crosspiece into the cabin.
18. A door system according to claim 17, wherein the first crosspiece comprises a rail and the first door is moveable between the closed position and the open position by the rail sliding on a guiding device.
19. A door system according to any one the previous claims when dependent on claim 8, wherein: the first door comprises a first crosspiece extending across the width of the first door; the second door comprises a second crosspiece extending across the width of the second door; in the barrier position the first barrier member is configured to provide support to the first crosspiece to resist lateral movement of the first crosspiece into the cabin; and the first door system comprises a second barrier member configured to be movable to a barrier position in which it is configured to provide support to the second crosspiece.
20. A door system according to any one of claims 1 to 19, wherein in the barrier position, the second portion of the first barrier member is positioned adjacent to the first door.
21 . A vehicle comprising a cabin having an opening to enable access into the cabin, and a door system according to any one of the previous claims.
22. A method of providing a barrier to entry into a cabin in a body of a vehicle, the method comprising: moving a first door from an open position that allows access through an opening into the cabin to a closed position in which the first door covers at least a portion of the opening; and moving a barrier member from an access position in which both a first portion and a second portion of the first barrier member are disposed below a level of a floor of the cabin to a barrier position in which at least the second portion extends up to an elevated level above the level of the floor; wherein after said moving of the first door and said moving of the first barrier member, the first barrier member is adjacent to a panel of the first door at a position for resisting entry into the cabin of objects impacting against the first door.
23. A method according to claim 22, wherein said moving the first door to the closed position is performed with the first barrier member in the barrier position .
24. A method according to claim 22, wherein said moving the first barrier member is performed with the first door in the closed position.
25. A method according to any one of claims 22 to 24, wherein the first barrier member has a step surface arranged to be upward facing and below the level of the floor when the first barrier member is in the access position, for providing a step to support a user when entering and/or leaving the cabin.
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