A door assembly of a vehicle includes a first door panel movable at least partially across a door opening from a first side of the door opening toward a second side of the door opening, a second door panel spaced apart from the first door panel and movable at least partially across the door opening from the first side toward the second side. A first magnetic element is located at the first door panel and a second magnetic element is located at the second door panel. The second magnetic element is interactive with the first magnetic element such that moving of the first door across the door opening causes movement of the second door panel across the door opening.

A vehicle includes a body, an access aperture that is defined by the body, a closure panel, a load ramp, and a moisture sensor. The access aperture provides access to an interior of the vehicle. The closure panel selectively covers at least a portion of the access aperture. The closure panel is movable between an open position and a dosed position relative to the access aperture. The load ramp is deployably coupled to the closure panel. The load ramp includes a coupled end and a free end. The load ramp is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The moisture sensor is positioned proximate to the free end of the load ramp. Methods of controlling the vehicle are also disclosed.

A mechanism for a door of an electrical household appliance includes an opener for pushing open the door, wherein the opener includes an opener housing and, accommodated therein, a pusher arranged for a linear push-open movement and an electric motor drive for the pusher, and a latch for holding the door closed, wherein the latch includes a latch housing and, accommodated therein, at least one movably arranged closing element, which is provided for engagement, holding the door closed, with a counter-body approaching the closing element when the door is closed. The opener housing and the latch housing each have a coupling section which cooperate to mechanically couple the opener housing and the latch housing. Furthermore, the opener housing has at least one first fastening means designed to fasten the mechanism to the electrical household appliance when the coupling sections of the opener housing and the latch housing are mechanically coupled.

A door opening and closing device for a vehicle includes a door for opening and closing a door opening formed in a vehicle body, a spindle mounted in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body and configured to rotate, and a worm wheel gear engaged to the spindle and configured to rotate according to a rotation of the spindle, a first door arm engaged to the worm wheel gear and configured to rotate together with the worm wheel gear, and a second door arm interlocking with the worm wheel gear, selectively moving from or to the first door arm, and configured to slide.

A vehicle includes a body, an access aperture that is defined by the body, a closure panel, a load ramp, and a moisture sensor. The access aperture provides access to an interior of the vehicle. The closure panel selectively covers at least a portion of the access aperture. The closure panel is movable between an open position and a closed position relative to the access aperture. The load ramp is deployably coupled to the closure panel. The load ramp includes a coupled end and a free end. The load ramp is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The moisture sensor is positioned proximate to the free end of the load ramp. Methods of controlling the vehicle are also disclosed.

An opening device is provided for a movable motor vehicle element, for example a motor vehicle door, a motor vehicle door handle, a motor vehicle fuel tank door, or the like. For this purpose, the opening device is equipped with an electric motor drive which has at least one electric motor and also has at least one transmission element rotationally driven by the at least one electric motor, said transmission element being provided for acting upon the movable motor vehicle element. According to the invention, the transmission element is rotationally acted upon by means of two or more electric motors jointly.

A device for assisting the opening and closing of a door in a structure. The device may comprise: a door shaft configured to rotate about a longitudinal axis thereof in both a first direction and in a second opposite direction, and configured to be mounted to the structure to form a hinge about which the door may rotate in the both the first and second directions relative to the structure; a first actuator linked to the door shaft and configured to control a speed of rotation of the door shaft in the first direction; and a second actuator linked to the door shaft and configured to drive rotation of the door shaft in the second direction. The second actuator is an electromechanical actuator.

Disclosed in the present invention is a bidirectional damper for a shower door, comprising a mounting frame, a tension spring, a damping cylinder, a first coupling member, a second coupling member and two clamping members. The cylinder body of the damping cylinder is a dual-cavity cylinder body; the two cylinder cavities of the dual-cavity cylinder body are arranged in parallel; the axes of the two cylinder cavities are parallel to each other, and the directions of cavity openings are opposite; the two cylinder cavities respectively correspond to a first piston rod and a second piston rod; the first piston rod and the second piston rod are parallel to each other; or the damping cylinder is formed by two separate parallel cylinder bodies arranged side by side with heads being adjacent to tails; the two cylinder bodies respectively correspond to the first piston rod and the second piston rod; the first piston rod and the second piston rod are parallel to each other.

A linear gate drive assembly with a drive rail connectable to a gate panel. The drive rail has a first drive surface. A linear drive portion is coupled to the first drive surface and has teeth thereon with a first rolling tooth profile. The linear drive portion defines a toothed second drive surface. Dive motors are pivotally coupled to a support structure. A first drive wheel is attached to one drive motor and engages the first drive surface to impart an axial drive force on the drive rail. A second drive wheel is attached to another drive motor and engages the second drive surface. The second drive wheel has second teeth that mate with the first teeth and that define a second rolling tooth profile that substantially corresponds to the first rolling tooth profile. Rotation of the second drive wheel imparts axial and normal forces via a rolling teeth interface the mating teeth for moving the drive rail and the gate panel.

A hinge assembly including a hinge cup, a hinge arm and a hinge lever pivotally connected to both the hinge cup and the hinge arm so as to connect the two together. The assembly further including a damping device and an actuator assembly operable to activate the damping device as the hinge assembly moves from an open position to a closed position. The actuator assembly is operable to move from a second position to a first position to actuate the damping device, where the hinge arm engages with the actuator assembly to cause said movement from the second position to the first position.