US 12,227,974 B2
Vehicle door system, a vehicle comprising the vehicle door system, and a method for operating a vehicle door system
Jonathan Johansson, Gothenburg (SE); and Magnus Nilsson, Floda (SE)
Assigned to Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Development Co., Ltd., Ningbo (CN); and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd., Zhejiang (CN)
Filed by Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Development Co., Ltd., Ningbo (CN); and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd., Zhejiang (CN)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/071,446.
Application 18/071,446 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/113155, filed on Aug. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20193291 (EP), filed on Aug. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0116438 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. E05C 17/38 (2006.01); B60J 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC E05C 17/38 (2013.01) [B60J 5/047 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle door system for limiting an opening angle of a vehicle door, wherein the vehicle door is attached to and movably arranged in relation to a vehicle body structure between a closed door position and an open door position, wherein the system comprises a track connected to the vehicle door, a clamp unit connected to and movably arranged in relation to the track, a blocking member directly connected to the vehicle body structure, and a spring arrangement connected to and arranged between the clamp unit and the blocking member, wherein the track is extending through the blocking member,
wherein the clamp unit is configured for being arranged in a first state where the clamp unit is allowed to move in relation to the track and a second state where the clamp unit is prevented from moving in relation to the track,
wherein in the first state when the vehicle door is moved from the closed door position to the open door position, the clamp unit is configured for moving along the track through interaction between the clamp unit and the blocking member,
wherein when the vehicle door in the open door position is positioned in a predetermined opening angle position, the clamp unit is configured for being arranged in the second state at a locked position in relation to the track preventing further opening of the vehicle door through interaction between the clamp unit and the blocking member,
wherein in the second state, the vehicle door is configured for being movable between the predetermined opening angle position and the closed door position, and
wherein the spring arrangement positions the clamp unit in connection to the blocking member in the first state.