Vehicle with a sliding door system

摘要

A vehicle having a sliding door arranged behind a body pillar, a frame around the door opening closeable by the sliding door, a rail system provided in the region of the sliding door connected fixedly to the vehicle and having upper and lower guide rails, sliding carriages provided on the sliding door connected to the sliding door via a respective supporting arm and guided displaceably on the guide rails, and side impact protection in the region of the sliding door. At least one of the sliding carriages or supporting arms is provided with a stop. In the event of a side impact, in which the outer vehicle wall is deformed in the direction of the vehicle interior, an abutment connected to the vehicle wall comes to bear against the stop of the sliding carriage or of the supporting arm, and the position of the sliding door is thereby blocked.

主权项

1. A vehicle comprising at least one sliding door arranged behind a body pillar in a direction of travel, a frame running around a door opening which can be closed by a sliding door of the at least one sliding door, at least one guide rail, a sliding carriage provided on the sliding door and connected to the sliding door via a respective supporting arm, wherein the sliding carriage is guided displaceably on the at least one guide rail, an abutment is fixedly connected to a vehicle wall and is provided approximately within the same horizontal plane as the sliding carriage, wherein at least one of the sliding carriage and the supporting arm is provided with a stop, and wherein during an impact condition the vehicle wall is deformed in a direction of the vehicle interior, wherein the abutment, which is connected to the vehicle wall, comes to bear against the stop of one of the sliding carriage and the supporting arm, and wherein the engagement of the stop and the abutment secures the sliding door in a closed position and free of sliding operation along the at least one guide rail, and wherein the sliding door is operable along the at least one guide rail when the abutment is free of engagement with the stop, wherein the stop provided on one of the sliding carriage and the supporting arm defines a catch hook having a V-shaped receiving region.