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US 6,270,149 B1Granted
Slide door apparatus for vehicles
AssigneeAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha Kariya
InventorsRyoichi Fukumoto, Katsuhisa Yamada, Masao Ohhashi, Shintaro Suzuki
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Abstract
A vehicular slide door apparatus includes a slide door which opens and closes an opening formed in a lateral side of a vehicle body. A brake device is provided at the lateral side of the vehicle body to apply a braking force to the slide door to adjust or control the speed of movement of the sliding door.
Claims10
A vehicular slide door apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of guide rails mounted on a lateral side of a vehicle body;
- a slide door mounted on the guide rails for sliding movement in a lengthwise direction of the vehicle body between a fully open position and a fully closed position;
- cable connected to the slide door;
- a brake device operatively associated with the cable for applying a brake force to the cable during sliding movement of the slide door from the fully open position towards the fully closed position to control movement of the slide door during movement from the fully open position towards the fully closed position, the brake device including a shaft, an armature mounted on the shaft to rotate together with the shaft, an electromagnetic coil winding device opposing the armature, and a friction plate secured to the electromagnetic coil winding device and engageable with the armature;
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- a brake gear mounted on the shaft for rotating together with the shaft, said brake gear engaging the cable.
3 more elements
A vehicular slide door apparatus comprising:
- a slide door movable along a lengthwise direction of a vehicle body for opening and closing an opening area formed in a lateral side of the vehicle body;
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- a brake device provided at the lateral side of the vehicle body for applying a brake force to the slide door by way of an elongated member which moves together with the slide door, the brake device including a shaft, an armature mounted on the shaft to move along the shaft and rotate together with the shaft, an electromagnetic coil winding device opposing the armature, and a friction plate secured to the electromagnetic coil winding device and engageable with the armature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.