Patent ID: 7950704

Claim:
A door assembly for a vehicle having a vehicle body comprising: a portal defined by the vehicle body, the portal having a first end and a second end; a first door pivotably coupled to the first end of the portal and including an end panel opposite the first end of the portal, the end panel having a first face and a second face extending in a lateral direction of the vehicle and a third face extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle; a second door pivotably coupled to the second end of the portal; a pivot fixed to the third face of the end panel of the first door; and a cancel lever rotatably coupled to the pivot, the cancel lever operably coupled to a latch mechanism and movable between a latch operation prevention position in which the latch mechanism prevents operation of an interior door handle on the first door and a latch operation allowance position in which the latch mechanism allows operation of the interior door handle, wherein the cancel lever is configured to be contacted by the second door at any location within a zone of contact that is determined by the relative positions of the first and second doors such that a force applied to the cancel lever by the second door is non-parallel to a radius of the cancel lever at the point of contact, the force rotating the cancel lever about the pivot to the latch operation prevention position.