Passenger vehicle and door structure

US10309132B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• Noell G. Johnson · Gilroy, US
• Ibuki Kamei · Cupertino, US
• John Raff · Menlo Park, US
• Donald R. Monroe · Los Gatos, US
• Albert J. Golko · Saratoga, US
• Phil M. Hobson · Menlo Park, US
• David J. Donohue · San Francisco, US
• Jae Young Huh · Sunnyvale, US
• Matthew L. Brown · Redondo Beach, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 15, 2017
• Grant date: Jun 4, 2019
• Expiry date: Jun 27, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D25/2036
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A passenger vehicle a vehicle body, a front door, and a rear door. The vehicle body comprises a forward base structure, a rearward base structure, and a floor structure extending between the forward base structure and the rearward base structure, which cooperatively define a passenger compartment and a continuous opening for a passenger to enter into and exit out of the passenger compartment. The front door is movable between a first closed position and a first open position. The rear door is movable between a second closed position and a second open position. When the front door is in the first closed position and the rear door is simultaneously in the second closed position, the continuous opening is closed cooperatively by the front door and the rear door.