Vehicle door assembly
AssigneeChrysler Corporation
InventorsDelbert D. DeRees, David J. Kowall, Kanaiyalal C. Mehta
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Abstract
A vehicle door assembly including front and rear doors which are latched together, and wherein the usual center pillar is integral with the front door. The rear door can be unlatched from the front door and the rear pillar and opened independent of the front door. Rollers on the rear door slide in a bottom track to roll the door along side the rear of the vehicle.
Claims8
A door assembly for a vehicle including front and rear doors, inside and outside handles on each door, and a center post formed integrally within the front door, the improvement comprising a dual action latch mounted on the rear door and operatively connected to the inside and outside rear handles and to the front door, for opening one door while the other door remains closed upon manual actuation of any one of the respective inside and outside front and rear handles.
A door assembly for a vehicle including front and rear doors, front and rear pillars, a bottom sill structure, inside and outside handles on each door, a key cylinder in the front door, wherein the front door is hinged to the front pillar, and a center pillar formed as an integral part of the rear end portion of the front door, the improvement comprising first latch means operative between adjacent edges of the front and rear doors, second latch means operative between the rear edge of the rear door and the rear pillar, a track mounted along the sill structure beneath the rear door, roller means mounted on the rear door for rolling cooperation with the track, and hinge means pivotally connected between the rear pillar and the rear door, wherein the rear door may be rolled to a position along side the vehicle as a result of the combined concurrent swinging and sliding action of the respective hinge means and roller means upon release of said first and second latch means by moving either one of the rear inside and outside handles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.