Patent ID: 6293050
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: E05F,E05Y

Abstract:
A vehicle body arrangement comprising a vehicle body having a swivel-mounted door which can be pivoted between an open position and a closed position about a horizontal swivel axis, a command transmitter, and a pneumatic spring-and-ejector combination including a pneumatic spring which is pivotally-mounted at one end to the door and pivotally mounted at another end to the vehicle body at locations which are selected relative to the swivel axis of the door so that the pneumatic spring exerts a closing torque on the door when said door is in the closed position and in a predetermined partially open position and exerts an opening torque on the door when the door is opened beyond the predetermined partially open position to pivot the door into said open position, and an ejector comprising a piston and cylinder device having a projectable free end which is engageable with the door and operable to swing the door from said closed position to a position beyond the predetermined partially open position in response to a signal from the command transmitter.