Patent ID: 6616214
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A motor vehicle comprising a swinging door and a sliding door mounted in a frame without a central post between the swinging door and the sliding door, and which comprises a first lock for connecting the swinging door to the sliding door, at least one second lock for connecting the swinging door to the frame, at least one third lock for connecting the sliding door to the frame and wherein the first lock comprises a slider which can move in terms of translation between a â€œdeployedâ€  position and a â€œretractedâ€  position and two latch bolts mounted so that they can rotate and forming a gripper which is open when the slider is in the â€œdeployedâ€  position and which is closed when the slider is in the â€œretractedâ€  position and a pawl capable of immobilizing said slider when it reaches the â€œretractedâ€  position so as to keep the gripper closed and so as to release said slider when a handle for opening the lock is actuated; and a striker,wherein said latch bolts of the first lock also being connected in movement to said slider so that said gripper closes around said striker when said striker presses against the slider and causes it to move from the â€œdeployedâ€  position to the â€œretractedâ€  position.