Patent ID: 8104824
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: B60J,E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle door system comprising: a pair of first and second doors that are arranged along a longitudinal direction of a vehicle on a side portion of a vehicle body, and that have first and second terminal edge portions, respectively, extending in a vertical direction of the vehicle, wherein states of the pair of the first and second doors include a first state where the pair of the first and second terminal edge portions face each other in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and a second state where the first terminal edge portion out of the pair of the first and second terminal edge portions is positioned more outwardly in the vehicle width direction than the second terminal edge portion; a drive unit for changing the state of the pair of the first and second doors from the first state to the second state; a collision detection device for outputting a collision signal in response to at least one of prediction and detection of a collision of the vehicle; and a controller for controlling the drive unit so that the state of the pair of the first and second doors is changed from the first state to the second state in response to detection of the collision signal, wherein: