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US 10,480,233 B2Granted
Hidden sliding door assembly for a motor vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorDaniel Vincent Vega
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Abstract
A sliding door assembly includes a link arm connected to a support surface, a track guide carried on the link arm and a door body including a track that slides over the track guide. A related method of operating the sliding door assembly is also disclosed.
Claims7
A sliding door assembly, comprising:
- a door body including a track;
- a link arm connected to a support surface;
- a track guide carried on said link arm, said track guide having a roller mechanism including a first roller engaging in said track and a second roller engaging an inner face of said door body outside of said track;
- said track of said door body slides over said track guide as the door body is moved between open and closed positions;
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- wherein said door body includes an arm rest and said track is provided in said arm rest.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.