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Roof rail for vehicle

Patent Number: 8109562
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Yu, Jong Duk

A roof rail reinforcement device for a vehicle, may include at least a reinforcement attached to a roof rail to increase rigidity, and having a cut part formed by cutting a portion of a flange thereof to ensure therethrough a first sealer applying position formed at a distal end of the roof rail, thus allowing a mastic sealer to be applied to the distal end of the roof ...

Car body structure

Patent Number: 8109561
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Matsumura, Katsuya

A car body structure includes a roof side rail and a front pillar, and the roof side rail and the front pillar include a roof side rail reinforcement and a front pillar reinforcement. The roof side rail reinforcement extends in a front-to-rear direction of a car body, and the front pillar reinforcement extends in a direction that intersects the front-to-rear direction of the car body. The roof side rail reinforcement and the front pillar reinforcement are connected to each other so that an ...

Support for the front unit of a motor vehicle and method for its production

Patent Number: 8109560
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Joly-Pottuz, Pascal

A front end assembly mounting for the front unit of a motor vehicle including a mounting and a container for holding an operating fluid integrated together with the front side of the container projecting forwardly. The container is arranged in an installation position at the height of an impact region of a leg or hip of a pedestrian to absorb energy in case of impact with a ...

Door structure of vehicle

Patent Number: 8109559
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Fujiwara, Yutaka; Nakamori, Yoji

A door structure of a vehicle, having an effective space within a vehicle compartment increased, is provided. The door structure has a carrier plate (4) fixed to an inner panel (3) for closing an opening portion (3a) formed in the inner panel (3); and a plurality of trim members (7, 8, 9) for covering an inside of the carrier plate (4) within a vehicle compartment, the plurality of trim members (7, 8, 9) including a belt line trim ...

Door structure

Patent Number: 8109558
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Nakamori, Yoji

A door structure includes a door for opening and closing a door opening formed in a vehicle body. The door has a side impact bar extending in the backward and forward direction of the vehicle body and a window regulator for lifting and lowering a glass of the door. The window regulator is mounted on the side impact bar and is disposed within a sectional width area of the side impact bar in a vehicle width ...

Vehicle armor mat

Patent Number: 8109557
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Salinas, Gino J. C.

A foldable vehicle floor mat can be used as a ballistic shield when unfolded and attached to a vehicle door. The mat comprises a weather protective layer and an impact-resistant layer. When completely unfolded, the mat covers the length and height of the vehicle door, for which it was designed. The mat is provided with hanging hooks attached to the upper side of the mat, whereby the mat can be hung upon the vehicle door, and a ballast weight attached to the bottom side of the mat, whereby ...

Multiple use all terrain vehicle

Patent Number: 8109556
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Bergman, James; Holter, Larry; Nelson, Rick; Paschke, Dave

An all terrain vehicle with a tool less maintainable drive system, and having a seat designed to be straddled by the operator. The vehicle has a frame, a plurality of wheels attached to the frame, a steering mechanism attached at least one of the plurality of wheels, an engine mounted to the frame, and a clutch attached to the engine. The vehicle contains a system of features that can be removed without the use of tools. The system has a support attached to and extending outward from the ...

Power folding seat mechanism

Patent Number: 8109555
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Cao, Lei; DeVoss, Catherine A.; Carroll, Jeffrey P.; McLaughlin, Matthew J.

A power riser assembly riser assembly includes a rear leg pivotally coupled between a seat assembly and a vehicle floor defining upper and lower axes. A drive linkage is operatively coupled between the seat assembly and floor. A drive mechanism coupled to the drive linkage actuates in a first direction causing the drive linkage to pivot the seat assembly about the lower axis from a seating position to an intermediate position whereat the drive linkage transfers pivotal movement of the seat ...

Method and apparatus for supporting a wheelchair in a vehicle

Patent Number: 8109554
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Undevik, Rickard

In a vehicle adapted for a driver or passenger in a wheelchair, an additional support (11) for the back of the wheelchair is fastened to an upper portion of a pillar (12, 13), a lower portion of the pillar being fastened to the floor, and the upper portion of the pillar being turnable relative to the lower portion of the pillar and turnably fastened to a bracket of the B-pillar (10) of the vehicle so that the support (11) can be swung into and out of an operative ...

Multi-position tailgate retaining and counterbalancing apparatus and method

Patent Number: 8109553
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Zielinsky, Cary R.

A multi-position tailgate retaining and counterbalancing apparatus and method is disclosed. The apparatus maintains the look and functionality of a conventional tailgate for a pickup truck. The apparatus and methods may include a counterbalance reducing the effort required to lift or lower the tailgate. The apparatus and methods may allow the counterbalanced tailgate to be lowered to, and automatically stop at the standard open position like a conventional tailgate. Moreover, by pulling and ...

Truck bed extender

Patent Number: 8109552
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventor: Nelson, Charles R.

The truck bed extender (10) has three panels (12, 26a, 26b) removably attached to the edge of the vehicle tailgate (G) and the rear portions (LR, RR) of the cargo box sidewalls (LW, RW). The deployed extender (10) increases the vehicle capacity and efficiency. The side panels (26a, 26b) fold against the inner surface of the primary panel (12) and the primary panel (12) folds against the inner surface of the ...

Bus cabin structure

Patent Number: 8109551
Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Inventors: Kerr, Andrew; Naylor, Glen; Cantin, Paul; Cychowski, Tomasz; Egilson, Kristopher; Fast, Jordan

Bus cabin structures including improved configurations of floors, passenger aisles and steps, interior roofs or ceilings, and door ...

Bracket-headlamp carrier assembly

Patent Number: 8104827
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Crane, Michael; Pilette, Thomas M.; Cobb, Tom

The present invention is a component for providing alignment between at least two external components. The present invention is a bracket member having at least two attachment structures, and at least two externally visible components connected to the at least two attachment structures, and the at least two attachment structures provide adjustable positioning between the at least two externally visible components connected to the at least two attachment structures such that the position off ...

Vehicle with cabin

Patent Number: 8104826
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Aoyama, Kenichi; Fukunaga, Tomofumi; Kitano, Yutaka

A vehicle with a cabin comprises a vehicle body supported by a plurality of wheels; a cabin bracket supported by the vehicle body; an elastic member for supporting the cabin, disposed between the cabin and the cabin bracket; and a weight member attached to a plate-shaped member of the ...

Vehicle bumper assembly

Patent Number: 8104825
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Stadtherr, Jason Edward

A vehicle bumper assembly includes a bracket for mounting to an interior of a vehicle, the bracket defining a protrusion portion to engage with one end of a bumper cover and an elastic clip coupled to the bracket, wherein the elastic clip is adapted to contact the bumper cover of the vehicle. A finger protection assembly for a vehicle is provided wherein the assembly includes a bracket for mounting to an interior of a vehicle, the bracket defining a protrusion portion to engage with one end ...

Vehicle door system

Patent Number: 8104824
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Hitomi, Yoshinori

According to a vehicle door system (10), when a forward collision prediction sensor (76) predicts a forward collision of a vehicle (12), a state is immediately brought about where a terminal edge portion (54) at the rear end of a front door (16) is positioned more outwardly in the vehicle width direction than a terminal edge portion (56) at the front end of a rear door (18). Thus, even when the front door (16) is moved toward the rear ...

Automotive door with hydraulically locking repositionable immobilizer

Patent Number: 8104823
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: Kohlstrand, Kelly M.

An automotive vehicle includes one or more swinging doors which may be immobilized in a number of positions, so as to allow the doors to be used to assist passengers upon entering and leaving the vehicle. The motion of the door may be damped, or stopped entirely, either at the discretion of a vehicle occupant, or automatically, in the event that the door is driven by external forces to swing at a high ...

Blinds for vehicles

Patent Number: 8104822
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Schultz, Markus; Kriese, Olaf

A vehicle roller blind or a sunshield roller blind for motor vehicles includes a roller blind web which is connected to a thrust element, which is rigid in compression and/or bending-resistant, for tensioning the roller blind web, and having an adjusting device which actuates the thrust element, which is embodied in the manner of a single-strand cable window lifter and which is at least partially encapsulated together with the thrust element. The thrust element and the adjusting device are ...

New-style tonneau cover

Patent Number: 8104821
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Hu, Yachun; Hu, Shaobo

The invention provides a new-style tonneau cover, wherein comprises a cover plate body matching the rear truck bed. The cover plate body is a three-layer structure, comprising an outer layer, an intermediate layer and an inner layer from the exterior to the interior. The outer layer is made of polyurethane foam mixed with glass fiber; the intermediate layer is made of polyurethane foam and the inner layer is made of resin; the density of polyurethane foam in the intermediate layer is lower ...

Wiper-based sunshade and methods of use

Patent Number: 8104820
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Alexander, Paul W.; Browne, Alan L.; Johnson, Nancy L.

Methods of deploying and stowing a sunshade utilizing a wiper-based system, including selectively engaging the sunshade and wiper, actuating the wiper, so as to deploy the shade, locking the wiper in the deployed position, so as to reduce the thermal load in a confined space, and returning the wiper after use, so as to stow the ...

Audio bracket fore and aft slip plane

Patent Number: 8104819
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Biggs, Christopher; Spitler, Nicholas

An automotive audio bracket for mounting a vehicle component to an interior surface of the vehicle includes a first mounting surface oriented substantially perpendicular to the interior surface and adapted for attachment to a rigid support structure of the vehicle, and a second mounting surface oriented substantially perpendicular to the interior surface and adapted for attachment to the vehicle component. An elongated aperture extends through one of the first and second mounting surfaces, ...

Dashboard seal

Patent Number: 8104818
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Barre, Philippe; Matusik, Jacques

The invention relates to a dashboard seal provided between the windshield (1), the sound-proofing wall (2) of the engine compartment and the dashboard (3) in the passenger compartment of the vehicle. The dashboard seal is characterized in that the upper lip (6) includes a closed pocket (8) extending along a transverse section under the latter and limited by said upper lip (6), by the clamp (5) and, at the lower portion thereof, by a ...

Motor vehicle

Patent Number: 8104817
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Kayser, Martin; Kretzschmar, Jan

A motor vehicle has a storage compartment which contains a housing and a lid which closes the housing. The storage compartment further has a locking mechanism which has a housing-side closing bar and a lid-side bolt which interacts with the latter and which engages behind the closing bar in the locked state and releases from the closing bar through rotation. The storage compartment is arranged essentially vertically between two rear seats of the motor vehicle, wherein the lid can be ...

Storage assembly having retractable power cord

Patent Number: 8104816
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Lupton, III, Fred William; Reish, Marc Daniel

A storage assembly for use in a passenger compartment of a vehicle provides power to an electronic device from a vehicle power system. The storage assembly includes a storage bin having an exterior surface, an opening, and a storage space accessible through the opening. The storage assembly also includes a door having an outer surface which is pivotally coupled to the storage bin. A retractable cord is attached to a detachable member which is releasably attached to the storage bin. The ...

Arm folding mechanism for use in a vehicle-mounted radiation imaging system

Patent Number: 8104815
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Song, Quanwei; Chen, Zhiqiang; Peng, Hua; Sun, Shangmin; Liang, Jinning

An arm-folding mechanism for use in a vehicle-mounted radiation imaging system. The vehicle includes a vehicle body behind a driving cab. The vehicle body includes a generator cabin and a control cabin. The arm-folding mechanism includes a vertical detection arm, a main arm frame, and a hinged mechanism hingedly connecting the vertical detection arm with the main arm frame. The hinged mechanism includes: a first connection arrangement having a free end and a fixed end fixedly connected with ...

Emergency treatment station and stretcher system

Patent Number: 8104814
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventors: Sartin, Edward Lewis; Sartin, Edward Austin

The invention relates to a vehicle used in transporting or treating large numbers of victims or patients from a mass-casualty incident to or from a hospital in an evacuation situation. The typical vehicle contains a stacked stretcher system, a loading ramp system, and an oxygen system. This vehicle must have an independent energy source or must be capable of being powered by an outside energy source. The vehicle can be flexible enough to provide facilities for treatment of victims either at ...

Vehicle interior trim panel

Patent Number: 8104813
Publication Date: 2012-01-31
Inventor: She, Yimin

A vehicle interior trim panel is provided with a rigid trim portion, a first flexible trim portion and a second flexible trim portion. The rigid trim portion includes a first assist grip opening and a second assist grip opening. The first flexible trim portion is attached to the rigid trim portion along an edge of the first assist grip opening. The first flexible trim portion at least partially covers the first assist grip opening of the rigid trim portion. The second flexible trim portion ...

Connecting structure of resin panel and stiffener for vehicle

Patent Number: 8100468
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventor: Uehara, Tatsuaki

A connecting structure of a resin panel and a stiffener for a vehicle, including the resin panel, a resin frame attached to a circumference of the resin panel; a weather strip attached to the frame; a metallic stiffener which is provided at the vicinity of the circumference of the resin panel; wherein the frame includes an extended part which extends outside of a side of the resin panel and the weather strip and the stiffener are integrally connected such that the weather strip and the ...

Vehicle roof having roof opening system

Patent Number: 8100467
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventor: Hölzel, Dominik

A vehicle roof is proposed having a roof opening system (12) which comprises a cover element (16) by means of which a roof opening (14) can be optionally closed or at least partially opened and which interacts, in the closed position, with a separating device which surrounds the roof opening (14) and separates a wet area from a dry area, wherein the cover element (14) comprises, on both sides with respect to a longitudinal central plane of the vehicle, a ...

Vehicle roof having a modular, multishell structure

Patent Number: 8100466
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventors: Pschorn, Heinz; Leroy, Alain

A vehicle roof for a passenger car, the vehicle roof having a modular, multishell structure, the vehicle roof including a variably configurable functional shell for providing stiffness to the vehicle roof and configured to be directly attached to a body shell of the vehicle and for variable accommodation of functional elements; an outside roof skin configured to be fixed to an outside surface of the functional shell with a fixing means; and at least one inside lining element configured to ...

Trailer rear door frame with angled rear sill

Patent Number: 8100465
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventor: Wylezinski, Andrzej

A rear frame of a trailer has an elongated horizontal sill having a closed cross-section which is rigid in bending and in torsion. The elongated horizontal sill is formed of a fantail and a base plate attached to an underside of the fantail. The base plate has front and rear sections that are not notched as notching of the sill can weaken it. The front section is horizontal and the rear section is angled upwardly relative to the horizontal front section at a predetermined angle of ...

Vehicle substructure

Patent Number: 8100464
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventors: Suzaki, Takahiro; Uto, Junichi

A vehicle substructure includes a side member inner that becomes a pillar member, a rear side member, and a side member outer. The vehicle substructure includes, for example, a partition as a load transmitting member that is inserted between the side member inner and the rear side member and comes into contact with the wall surface of the side member outer facing a vehicle compartment. It is preferable that the partition have a laminated structure including members and the like. Further, it ...

Integrated brackets for vehicle instrument panels

Patent Number: 8100463
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventors: Penner, Benjamin Warren; Kobayashi, Atsushi

An integrated bracket for attaching multiple components to a vehicle instrument panel reinforcement includes a first attachment portion and a second attachment portion. The first attachment portion is configured to receive a first component and the second attachment portion is configured to receive a second component. The integrated bracket also includes at least one flange for attaching the integrated bracket to an instrument panel ...

Floor underframe of vehicles

Patent Number: 8100462
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventors: Minami, Hidekazu; Takagi, Masakatsu

A vehicle floor underframe 5, which is arranged under a cab, includes: a front section 11, which is deployed on the front side of the cab and extends along the length of the vehicle; a rising section 12, which bends at the back end of the front section 11 and extends upward; a back section 13, which bends at the top end of the rising section 12 and extends towards the rear of the vehicle and is deployed under a passenger seat 7; and a ...

Rear-mounted aerodynamic structure for truck cargo bodies

Patent Number: 8100461
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventors: Horrell, Charles M.; Smith, Andrew F.; Grossmann, Jeffrey J.; Feldman, Jonathan R.; Bruccoleri, Alexander R.

This invention provides an aerodynamic structure attached to the rear face of a truck cargo body, which rear typically contains a door assembly, with a plurality of doors that swing open on hinges, or a single, full-width door, which rolls upwardly. The various embodiments of the invention allow an aerodynamic structure to be permanently attached to the rear of the trailer in a manner that would obscure access to the door(s) in a deployed position, in which the aerodynamic structure ...

Extendable air control dam for vehicle

Patent Number: 8100460
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventors: Simms, Lisa M.; Butlin, Jr., Albert H.

An air dam is attached to the underside of a vehicle and extends downwardly into proximity with the road surface and potential interference with curbs or like obstructions extending above the road surface. A panel assembly includes a top wall attached to the underside of the motor vehicle, forward and rearward walls depending from the top wall, and a bottom wall. These walls cooperate to define an interior space, and the forward and rearward walls have serially arranged pleats connected by ...

Sun visor device for the window of a motor vehicle

Patent Number: 8100459
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventor: Glaser, Carsten

A sun visor device is provided for the window of a motor vehicle with a cover that can be moved in a first direction and in an opposite second direction. A locking mechanism is also provided for locking the cover in different ...

Centring pin

Patent Number: 8100458
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventors: Senge, Christoph; Mosca, Massimiliano

A vehicle glazing having a centring pin bonded thereto, and a centring pin suitable for a vehicle glazing are disclosed. The centring pin comprises a base portion bonded to the vehicle glazing and a centring portion adapted to be inserted into a hole in the bodywork of a vehicle. The centring portion is joined to the base portion, and moveable between a lowered position, in which the glazing may be stored, and a raised position, in which the glazing may be fitted into an aperture in a ...

Seat system for the interior of a motor vehicle

Patent Number: 8100457
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventors: Sieber, Kai; Hurayt, Mark; Yee, Justin; Dickman, Ryan; Schleife, Holger

A seat system for the interior of a motor vehicle, such as a driver's cab of a truck, has a vehicle seat that is movable from a home position, set on a seat support on the vehicle, into at least one further position. The vehicle seat is separable from the seat support and has a roller element device by which the vehicle seat can be moved into a position separated from the seat support. The seat support can include at least one coupling element for a connection line, with the coupling ...

Vehicle endgate hinge assembly

Patent Number: 8100456
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventors: Townson, James M.; Schulte, Edward L.; Krajenke, Gary W.; Radman, Anthony J.; Atar, Eduardo S.; Foulkes, Graham S.; Corman, Carl B.

A vehicle endgate hinge assembly is disclosed. The hinge assembly has a bodyside hinge strap including a hinge support boss extending through the endgate opening shut-face and having a central hole that is coaxial with the endgate pivot axis, a mounting plate located outboard of the shut-face, and a threaded portion extending from the mounting plate through the shut-face. The hinge assembly may have a crank including a hinge key pivotally coupled to a member mounted on the endgate, a pivot ...

Overhead console

Patent Number: 8100455
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventor: Lee, Gwon Hak

An overhead console may include a conversation mirror having a fitting protrusion formed on one end thereof, a housing having adjoining main and auxiliary spaces defined therein, wherein the auxiliary space releasably stores the conversation mirror, a cover pivotally coupled to the housing to open or close the main space, wherein the cover has a bucket to be selectively engaged to the main space, a latch part provided in an upper portion of the auxiliary space, wherein the fitting ...

C-shaped console assembly for use in a vehicle

Patent Number: 8100454
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventors: Vander Sluis, Daniel; D'Alessandro, Anthony

A vehicle interior assembly is provided with a console having a side-wall coupled to the console and at least one storage bin that slidingly engages the side-wall. A user slides the storage bin forwards or rearwards to cover and/or uncover the storage bin. The at least one storage bin is accessible to a user in the front or rear of a vehicle at least in front or behind the lid, respectively. The at least one storage bin slides along one or more tongues of the side-wall to expose, in part or ...

Lid device opened at both sides and center console box

Patent Number: 8100453
Publication Date: 2012-01-24
Inventor: Shimajiri, Naohiro

A linkage member 3 is pivotally supported, through a first shaft 30, by an article 1 having an opening, is supported, through a second shaft 31, by a lid member 2, and includes a latch 32 engageable with a latch receiver 12 disposed in the article 1. The lid member 2 has an engageable end 201 disposed therein so as to be receivable into an engagement hole 34 formed in the linkage member 3 and further has a ...

Vehicle front-part structure

Patent Number: 8096611
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventors: Seki, Kazuhiro; Maruyama, Hiroto

A vehicle front-part structure comprises a radiator support upper (5) which extends in a vehicle width direction in a vehicle front, a cowl (9) which is coupled to an apron upper member (2) provided on a side in the vehicle width direction and extending in a vehicle lengthwise direction, and which is located to rearward of the vehicle (1) further than the radiator support upper, and a hood framework (21) which constitutes a part of the hood inner panel ...

Floor top crossmember

Patent Number: 8096610
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventors: Ganti, Satish; Pleet, Edward Andrew; Xu, Naijiang

A device for securing a rear seat within a cab of a vehicle, comprising a crossmember configured for attachment to a floor pan of the vehicle, the crossmember cooperating with the floor pan to provide a cavity for storing items within the cab. When the crossmember is attached to the floor pan and the rear seat is attached to the crossmember, the crossmember is contained within the space between the seat and the floor pan without extending into a passenger leg room ...

Construction machine, in particular road milling machine, miner, recycler or stabilizer

Patent Number: 8096609
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventors: Hähn, Günter; Böhme, Heiko; Kramer, Thomas

The construction machine according to the invention is distinguished by the fact that an air-processing apparatus (28) is arranged outside the cab (9) on the machine frame (2), wherein a device (13, 22) for feeding processed and/or fresh air into the cab and used air from the cab is provided, said device having a feed air duct for processed air for the cab and a discharge air duct for used air from the cab. The feed air duct of the air-processing apparatus ...

Working vehicle with tilt floor

Patent Number: 8096608
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventors: Andou, Takenobu; Yokoo, Katsumi; Itou, Shinichi

In a working vehicle having a tilt floor, a torsion bar has one end mounted on the tilt floor and the other end thereof mounted on a base frame, and is disposed on the tilt floor which is tilted up and down relative to the base frame. In a maximally opened position where the tilt floor is tilted up and a closed position where the tilt floor is tilted down, a position of a barycenter (G) of the tilt floor on which the driving room (C) is disposed is opposite from each other relative to a ...

Vehicle body with a curved metal plate floor

Patent Number: 8096607
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventor: Dickerson, Alan William

A system that attaches an edge-supported curved metal plate floor to a load carrying body of a vehicle, such as a truck or rail wagon, is disclosed. The attachment system includes a series of tensile members that are connected directly or indirectly at opposite ends to the plate floor and the body of the vehicle. The tensile members principally transfer forces from the floor plate to the ...

Door-opening device in a vehicle sliding door

Patent Number: 8096606
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventors: Baranowski, Andrew; Hanaki, Naoki; Farris, Bryan

A sliding door in a vehicle includes a motor unit, a guide positioned rail along the sliding door, a slider that slides along the guide rail, a cable coupled to the motor unit, a hinge unit in which the outer thereof end is pivotally mounted to a body of the vehicle and the inner thereof is pivotally mounted to the slider, and a control lever pivotally mounted to the slider and coupled to the hinge unit. The cable is pulled by in the motor unit to turn the control lever, which turns the ...

Sliding door for a motor vehicle

Patent Number: 8096605
Publication Date: 2012-01-17
Inventors: Heuel, Gerhard; Schmidt, Reiner

A sliding door for a vehicle such as a motor vehicle, on its inside has a guide rail which is mounted longitudinally displaceable in a slide. A hinge shackle is swivel mounted between the door and the vehicle. A state quantity of the vehicle is provided and the travel of the sliding door is established based on the state ...