Dr. Ing. H.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft

Jens Zimmer

Reiner Armbruster

Andre Scholz

Lars Schulz

Andreas Kohler

Marcos Garcia Garcia

Martin Goehrke

Lutz Trender

Rolf Goetz

A door structure for vehicles has a door outer lining, a door inner lining and a locking/closing mechanism with actuating elements on the outer side and optionally on the inner side of the door. The locking/closing mechanism is connected to the door release via at least one transmission element () between the door outer lining and the door inner lining. A locking element () between the door outer lining and the door inner lining acts on the transmission element () and inhibits the door release in the event of a side impact, The locking element () inhibits the operation of the transmission element () by blocking it as a result of pivoting of the locking element () in the event of a relative movement of the door outer lining in the direction of the door inner lining.

Door structure having a locking element that inhibits the door release

A door () of a motor vehicle has an outer panel () and an opening apparatus. The opening apparatus has a door handle () and a door lock () with a lock barrel (). The lock barrel () and the door handle () are arranged completely on the inner side of the outer panel () of the door ().

Opening apparatus for a door that has an outer panel, a motor vehicle and a motor vehicle door with such an opening apparatus

A lock cylinder of a motor vehicle has a cylinder housing formed from plastic and the cylinder housing has an opening for receiving a cylinder core. The plastic of the cylindrical housing is reinforced at least in certain regions with aramid fibers. Thus, the cylinder housing is extremely robust and increases the forcing resistance of a door lock equipped therewith.

Cylinder housing

An impact protection system is provided for a door of a motor vehicle and extends between upright door frames of a door body. On one side the impact protection system is connected with a hinge column by way of hinges and, on the other side, adjacent to a lock of the door, is connected with an additional column. The hinge column and additional column are integrated in a body structure of a body of the motor vehicle. In order to optimize this impact protection system, the lock is mounted on the latter and, in the closed condition of the door, an engaging device of the door interacts with a receiving device of a deformation device which is fastened to the additional column of the vehicle body structure.

Impact protection system for a door of a motor vehicle

A door suitable for a motor vehicle is inserted in a recess of a body and includes a door body braced on upright columns of the body. The door body has an internal member and an external member and possesses frame elements bordering on the columns between which an impact protection device extends. In order to optimize this door, the external element connected to the internal element interacts with the impact protection device on an interior between the frame elements of the door body by way of a support apparatus.

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Wiernsheim-Iptingen, Germany

Jens Zimmer