Vehicle door unit and vehicle with door unit
First Claim
1. A vehicle door unit comprising:
- a rotating lever supported rotatably at a first end about a first shaft;
a door mounting coupled rotatably about a second shaft to a second end of the rotating lever;
a door fixedly and directly attached to the door mounting and being configured to cover an opening in a vehicle and to close off a vehicle interior; and
a drive unit configured to rotate the rotating lever between a closed position and an open position about the first shaft,wherein the rotating lever is configured to move the second shaft on a circular path during a movement from the closed position to the open position,wherein a complete circle containing the circular path of the movement of the second shaft is divided into two halves by a dividing line, the dividing line extends perpendicular to an outer skin of the vehicle and adjacent the first shaft and extends from the outer skin of the vehicle through the first shaft, andwherein the rotating lever is configured to move the second shaft from a first half of the circle over the dividing line into the second half of the circle during the movement from the closed position to the open position upon rotation of the rotating lever in a first direction, due to which rotation of the rotating lever in the first direction the second shaft and the door mounting are moved initially into the vehicle interior and, on further rotation of the rotating lever in the first direction, are moved out of the vehicle interior.
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Abstract
A vehicle door unit comprises a rotating lever supported rotatably about a first shaft at a first end, a door mounting coupled rotatably about a second shaft to a second end of the rotating lever, a door attached to the door mounting and being configured to cover an opening in a vehicle and to close off a vehicle interior, and a drive unit configured to rotate the rotating lever about the first shaft between a closed position and an open position. The rotating lever is configured to move the second shaft, on a movement from the closed position to the open position, on a circular path, due to which the door mounting is first moved into the vehicle interior and, on further rotation of the rotating lever, out of the vehicle interior.
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16 Claims
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1. A vehicle door unit comprising:
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a rotating lever supported rotatably at a first end about a first shaft; a door mounting coupled rotatably about a second shaft to a second end of the rotating lever; a door fixedly and directly attached to the door mounting and being configured to cover an opening in a vehicle and to close off a vehicle interior; and a drive unit configured to rotate the rotating lever between a closed position and an open position about the first shaft, wherein the rotating lever is configured to move the second shaft on a circular path during a movement from the closed position to the open position, wherein a complete circle containing the circular path of the movement of the second shaft is divided into two halves by a dividing line, the dividing line extends perpendicular to an outer skin of the vehicle and adjacent the first shaft and extends from the outer skin of the vehicle through the first shaft, and wherein the rotating lever is configured to move the second shaft from a first half of the circle over the dividing line into the second half of the circle during the movement from the closed position to the open position upon rotation of the rotating lever in a first direction, due to which rotation of the rotating lever in the first direction the second shaft and the door mounting are moved initially into the vehicle interior and, on further rotation of the rotating lever in the first direction, are moved out of the vehicle interior. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A vehicle comprising a vehicle door unit comprising:
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a rotating lever supported rotatably at a first end about a first shaft; a door mounting coupled rotatably about a second shaft to a second end of the rotating lever; a door fixedly and directly attached to the door mounting and being configured to cover an opening in a vehicle and to close off a vehicle interior; and a drive unit configured to rotate the rotating lever between a closed position and an open position about the first shaft, wherein the rotating lever is configured to move the second shaft on a circular path during a movement from the closed position to the open position, wherein a complete circle containing the circular path of the movement of the second shaft is divided into two halves by a dividing line, the dividing line extends perpendicular to an outer skin of the vehicle and adjacent the first shaft and extends from the outer skin of the vehicle through the first shaft, and wherein the rotating lever is configured to move the second shaft from a first half of the circle over the dividing line into the second half of the circle during the movement from the closed position to the open position upon rotation of the rotating lever in a first direction, due to which rotation of the rotating lever in the first direction the second shaft and the door mounting are moved initially into the vehicle interior and, on further rotation of the rotating lever in the first direction, are moved out of the vehicle interior. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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