Vehicle slide door structure
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorJunichi Yoshioka
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Abstract
Vehicle slide door structure includes a lower slide rail (42) provided on a slide door (21), and a link mechanism (81) provided between a vehicle body (11) and the slide rail (42). The link mechanism (81) is pivotably connected at one end portion to the vehicle body (11) and pivotably and slidably connected at the other end portion to the slide rail (42). The link mechanism (81) includes a plurality of linkages or link members (84, 85) and connection sections (96, 98, 101) where the linkages or link members are pivotably connected with each other between the one end portion and the other end portion of the link mechanism.
Claims11
A vehicle slide door structure comprising:
- a lower slide rail provided on a slide door;
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- a link mechanism provided between a vehicle body and the slide rail, the link mechanism being pivotably connected at one end portion thereof to the vehicle body and slidably connected at another end portion thereof to the lower slide rail, the link mechanism including a plurality of link members and a connection section where the link members are pivotably connected with each other between the one end portion and the other end portion of the link mechanism such that the link members can be overlappingly collapsed as the slide door is closed and expanded as the slide door is opened.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.