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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2008
Michael Horneck, Ruesselsheim, DE;
Markus Fischer, Buettelborn, DE;
Michael Horneck, Ruesselsheim, DE;
Markus Fischer, Buettelborn, DE;
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A motor vehicle with a sliding door has a safeguard with two mounting elements. One of the mounting elements is secured to the sliding door, while the other mounting element is arranged on a column bordering the sliding door. The mounting elements pass by each other given a sliding motion by the sliding door, and end up opposite each other during the motion of the sliding door, transversely to the sliding motion. As a result, the safeguard holds the sliding door against the column during a crash in which forces act perpendicularly on the sliding door.