Patent ID: 11932289
Assignee: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An assembly comprising:
an external sliding threshold configured to be coupled with an exterior wall of a vehicle having a sliding door panel and a doorway, the external sliding threshold configured to extend over the doorway to provide a threshold surface on which one or more passengers enter the vehicle via the doorway or exit the vehicle via the doorway, the external sliding threshold laterally projecting from the exterior wall of the vehicle to reduce or eliminate a spatial gap between the vehicle and a platform from which the one or more passengers enter the vehicle or onto which the one or more passengers exit the vehicle, the external sliding threshold coupled with an internal sliding threshold, the external sliding threshold and the internal sliding threshold on opposite sides of the sliding door panel, the external sliding threshold coupled with the internal sliding threshold so that movement of the internal sliding threshold inside the vehicle drives the external sliding threshold outside the vehicle between an extended state and a retracted state.