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US 9,849,759 B2Granted
Independently operating motor vehicle doors with an articulating door interface
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsLorne Joseph Lovelace, Henry W. Hausler
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Abstract
A door system is provided for a motor vehicle. That door system includes (a) a first independently operable first, door, (b) an independently operable second door, (c) an articulating door interface carried on the first door and (d) a guide on the motor vehicle body. The guide displaces the articulating door interface between a door sealing position when the first door is closed and a door opening position when the first door is opened. A related method is also provided.
Claims10
A door system for closing a pillarless opening in a motor vehicle body, comprising:
- a first door;
- a second door;
- an articulating door interface carried on said first door;
- a guide on said motor vehicle body displacing said articulating door interface between a door sealing position when said first door is closed and a door opening position when said first door is opened;
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- a sealing system sealing said first door and said second door with said articulating door interface when said first door and said second door are closed and said articulating door interface is in said door sealing position, wherein said sealing system includes:
- (i) a first seal carried on said articulating door interface which seals against said first door and said second door when said articulating door interface is in said door sealing position and said first door and said second door are closed;
- (ii) a second seal;
- and (iii) a third seal on said first door for sealing around a first included angle of said articulating door interface when said articulating door interface is in said door sealing position and said first door and said second door are closed.
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