Device for momentarily mounting a sliding door to a vehicle body
AssigneeChrysler Corporation
InventorsKurt Lebwohl, Gerhard Spanner
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Abstract
A device for momentarily mounting a sliding door to a B column of a vehicle body. This device allows to mount the sliding door to the vehicle body during manufacture of the vehicle such that it may be pivoted—similar to a pivotal vehicle door—between opening and closing positions so as to provide for easy access to the vehicle body and sliding door. The device comprises a securing mechanism for removably securing the device to the B column, a holding mechanism for removably holding the sliding door at the device, and pivot member for pivotally connecting said securing mechanism and the holding mechanism. The device is a structural unit which may be mounted and dismounted to and from the vehicle body in a very simple manner.
Claims10
A device for momentarily mounting a sliding door to the B column of a vehicle body, comprising
- a securing mechanism adapted to be removably secured to said B column, said securing mechanism including an elongated securing member adapted to be secured to an inner surface of said B column so as to extend vertically, and a pair of spaced transverse arms extending from said securing member transversely so as to extend away from said sliding door when said securing member has been secured to said B column;
- a holding mechanism for removably holding said sliding door, wherein said transverse arms are substantially parallel to said sliding door when said sliding door is held in said holding mechanism, and
- pivot means for pivotally interconnecting said securing mechanism and said holding mechanism so as to enable said sliding door held by said holding mechanism to be rotated between opening and closing positions when said securing mechanism has been secured to said B column,
- said securing mechanism, said holding mechanism and said pivot means forming an integral structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.