Power door linkage system for b-pillarless door system for motor vehicles

A B-pillarless door linkage system for guiding a first door between an open position and a closed position relative to a vehicle body and a second door, the first door having a forward portion extending to a first forward edge and the second door having a second rear edge, the vehicle having a lengthwise direction and a cross-vehicle direction, the system comprising:

• a vehicle-body bracket fixed to the vehicle body;
• a door bracket fixed to the first door;
• a multi-bar linkage connected to the door bracket and the vehicle-body bracket, the multi-bar linkage configured to guide the movement of the first door during an initial stage of movement, wherein the first forward edge of the first door is moved initially away from the second door in a substantially lengthwise direction along the vehicle body and a rearward portion of the first door is moved initially in a substantially cross-vehicle direction away from the vehicle body;
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• wherein the multi-bar linkage is further configured to guide the movement of the first door during an intermediate stage of movement, wherein the forward portion and the rearward portion are moved away from the vehicle body in the cross-vehicle direction and along the vehicle body in the lengthwise direction.