# US 10,118,650 B1 · Engine access door slide track system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,118,650 B1 - Document ID: US10118650B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 15/661,206 - Filed: 2017-07-27 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2017-07-27 - Assignees: CNH Industrial America LLC - Applicants: CNH Industrial America LLC - Inventors: Blaine Schwalbe; Ross Christiansen; Steven N. Winkel - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10118650B1 ## CPC - B62D 25/12: Parts or details thereof (locks E05B, {E05B83/16; devices for holding open E05C17/00, e.g. while carrying oversize objects E05C17/042}; hinges E05D; counterbalancing means E05F; {checks, stops, buffers E05F5/00; } springs, {e.g. pneumatic springs} F16F) - E05D 15/0656: {Bottom guides} - E05D 15/0682: {on sliding blocks} - E05D 15/0691: {Top guides} - E05Y 2900/518: for working vehicles - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) - E05D: HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS (pivotal connections in general F16C11/00) - E05Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF ## Abstract An engine access door slide track system of an agricultural machine includes a support frame, a first engine access door, and a second engine access door. The support frame includes a plurality of frame members, a top track coupled to one of the plurality of frame members, and a bottom track included in one of the plurality of frame members. The first engine access door includes a top guide configured to interfit with the top track and a bottom guide configured to interfit with the bottom track. The second engine access door is coupled to the support frame. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An engine access door slide track system for an agricultural machine comprising: a support frame having: a plurality of frame members; a top track coupled to one of the plurality of frame members; and wherein one of the plurality of frame members includes a bottom track; a first engine access door having a top guide configured to interfit with the top track and a bottom guide configured to interfit with the bottom track; a second engine access door coupled to the support frame. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The engine access door slide track system of claim 1 wherein the support frame is coupled to a radiator. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The engine access door slide track system of claim 2 wherein the support frame includes a plurality of receiving mounts configured to receive the radiator therebetween. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The engine access door slide track system of claim 3 wherein an engine compartment frame is coupled to the plurality of receiving mounts. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The engine access door slide track system of claim 1 wherein the top guide includes a channel configured to interfit with the top track. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The engine access door slide track system of claim 1 wherein the bottom guide includes a channel configured to interfit with the bottom track. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The engine access door slide track system of claim 1 wherein the plurality of frame members includes: a first frame member; a second frame member extending from a bottom surface of the first frame member adjacent a first end of the first frame member; a third frame member extending from a bottom surface of the first frame member spaced apart from a second end of the first frame member; and a fourth frame member oriented parallel to the first frame member and extending from a first end located at the second frame member and a second end beyond the third frame member. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The engine access door slide track system of claim 6 wherein the top track is coupled to the first frame member, the fourth frame member includes the bottom track, and the fourth frame member is coupled to a platform. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The engine access door slide track system of claim 6 wherein the rear access door includes a mounting bar extending therefrom and coupled to the second frame member. ### Claim 10 A method of installing an engine access door slide track system in an agricultural machine, the method comprising: providing a support frame, the support frame including a plurality of frame members, a top track coupled to one of the plurality of frame members, and a bottom track including in one of the plurality of frame members; providing a first engine access door, the first engine access door having a top guide and a bottom guide; interfitting the top track with the top guide; interfitting the bottom track with the bottom guide; coupling a second engine access door to the support frame. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10 further comprising disposing a radiator between a plurality of receiving mounts of the support frame, coupling the support frame to the radiator, and coupling the plurality of receiving mounts to an engine compartment frame. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11 wherein interfitting the top track with the top guide comprises disposing the top track within a channel of the top guide, and wherein interfitting the bottom track with the bottom guide comprises disposing the bottom track within a channel of the bottom guide. ### Claim 13 An engine access door system of an agricultural machine comprising: a support frame including: a first frame member having a first end and a second end; a second frame member extending from a lower surface of the first frame member adjacent the first end of the first frame member; a third frame member extending from the lower surface of the first frame member at a location spaced inward from the second end of the first frame member; a fourth frame member oriented parallel to the first frame member, the fourth frame member having a first end disposed at the second frame member and extending to beyond the third frame member to a second end; a top track coupled to the first frame member; a bottom track integrated with the fourth frame member; and wherein the second end of the first frame and the second end of the fourth frame are aligned along a vertical plane; a first engine access door having a top guide configured to interfit with the top track and a bottom guide configured to interfit with the bottom track; and a second engine access door coupled to the second frame member. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The engine access door system of claim 13 wherein the top guide includes a U-shaped channel configured to receive the top track, and wherein the bottom guide includes a U-shaped channel configured to receive the bottom track. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The engine access door system of claim 13 wherein the top track extends from a first end aligned with a location between the second and third frame members and a second end aligned with the second end of the first frame member. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The engine access door system of claim 13 wherein the bottom track extends from a first end aligned with a location between the second and third frame members and a second end aligned with the second end of the fourth frame member. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The engine access door system of claim 13 wherein the fourth frame member includes a first leg oriented horizontally and a second leg extending from a top surface of the first leg; wherein the second leg comprises the bottom track. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The engine access door system of claim 13 wherein the first frame member includes a first leg oriented horizontally and a second leg extending from a top surface of the first leg; wherein the top track is coupled to the top surface of the first leg. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The engine access door system of claim 18 wherein the top track includes a first leg, the first leg oriented parallel to the first leg of the first frame member and directly coupled thereto, and a second leg extending from a bottom surface of the first leg of the top track; wherein the second leg of the top track interfits with the top guide. ### Claim 20 (depends on 13) The engine access door system of claim 13 wherein the second and third frame members each include a receiving mount configured to receive a radiator; and wherein an engine compartment frame is coupled to the receiving mounts.