Abstract: A vehicle body includes a first door member and an opening/closing mechanism. The first door member can rotate between a first position in which it covers the part of a opening of a storage section and a second position in which it opens the part of the opening. The opening/closing mechanism that rotates the first door member includes a rotation shaft that supports the first door member. The rotation shaft is disposed at a position in which the first door member does not come out from a rotation area overlapping the first door member that is in the first position vertically when the first door member rotates. The opening/closing mechanism moves the first door member up to a third position in which the first door member does not interfere with a vehicle main body when the first door member rotates between the first position and the second position.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 29, 2005
Date of Patent:
August 7, 2007
Assignees:
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Johnson Controls Incorporated
Inventors:
Brian Cole, Mark Kaiser, Dean Trexel, Hitendra Gadhiya, Jagmail Singh Cheema
Abstract: A vehicle body includes a first door member and an opening/closing mechanism. The first door member can rotate between a first position in which it covers the part of a opening of a storage section and a second position in which it opens the part of the opening. The opening/closing mechanism that rotates the first door member includes a rotation shaft that supports the first door member. The rotation shaft is disposed at a position in which the first door member does not come out from a rotation area overlapping the first door member that is in the first position vertically when the first door member rotates. The opening/closing mechanism moves the first door member up to a third position in which the first door member does not interfere with a vehicle main body when the first door member rotates between the first position and the second position.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 29, 2005
Publication date:
July 5, 2007
Applicants:
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Johnson Controls Incorporated
Inventors:
Brian Cole, Mark Kaiser, Dean Trexel, Hitendra Gadhiya, Jagmail Cheema