Pivot-mounted push-open door for road vehicle - is joined to vehicle wall via drivable pivot levers and guide rails and is movable between three positions

摘要

In a first closed position of the door, it locates with the pivot levers pivoted inwards in the vehicle longitudinal direction in a door opening of the vehicle side wall as part of the wall. In a second outwardly pivoted position, the door with the pivot levers pivoted outwards is located at a distance in front of the area of the door opening and the plane of the vehicle side wall. In a third opened position, the door from the second outwardly pivoted position is pushed away in the guide rails along the vehicle side wall away from the area of the door opening. A sensor (14) with an evaluation circuit is provided for assessing a side impact in the area of the closed door (1). The evaluation circuit is so controlled by a control part in the event of a side impact and activates the pivot drive so that the door (1) adopts the second outwardly pivoted position, in which it is at a distance from the area of the door opening (7). The sensor works with infrared or ultrasound waves (15). USE/ADVANTAGE - A pivot-and-slide door for a motor vehicle with which the safety of an occupant is increased in the event of a side impact.