Patent ID: 8684445
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: E05D,E05Y

Abstract:
1. A vehicle comprising: a bodywork including a horizontal bodywork section; a vehicle door configured to close a door opening in the bodywork of the vehicle; and a pivot device having a carrying arm bearing a weight of the vehicle door and a guide arm configured to control a movement of the vehicle door, wherein the carrying arm and the guide arm have substantially a same length and are arranged in a pivotally mounted manner on the vehicle door and the bodywork such that a space between the carrying arm, the guide arm, the bodywork and the vehicle door has a shape of a parallelogram, wherein the carrying arm is pivotally mounted at the horizontal bodywork section, the horizontal body work section disposed at a bottom of the door opening, and wherein a portion of the guide arm between the horizontal bodywork section and the vehicle door is straight and a portion of the carrying arm between the horizontal bodywork section and the vehicle door has a curvature section.