Abstract: A device for holding a vehicle sliding door at full-open position comprises a striker fixed to a vehicle body and a latch rotatably mounted on the sliding door. The latch has a U-shaped groove for engaging with the striker when the sliding door is fully opened. The latch is displaceable between a first position in which the U-shaped groove is disengaged with the striker and second position in which the U-shaped groove is engaged with the striker. A resilient member is disposed at a location between the latch and the sliding door for holding the latch in either one of the first position and the second position by resilient force thereof. The resilient member is always in contact with the latch directly.

Abstract: A sliding door attached to a vehicle is supported on the body of the vehicle by way of a sliding door supporting apparatus, which comprises a center guide mechanism, an upper guide mechanism, and a lower guide mechanism. The center guide mechanism is provided with a holdback mechanism for restraining the sliding door from shifting its position in the transverse direction when the door is moved to a fully open position. The holdback mechanism includes a vertical wall formed on a center rail, inside and outside holdback rollers of which the positions in the transverse direction are restrained by the vertical wall. The upper and lower guide mechanisms are provided, respectively, with upper and lower check mechanisms for holding the sliding door in the fully open position. The center and lower guide mechanisms are each provided with a roller for supporting vertical load of the sliding door.

Abstract: A door bumper assembly for an automotive vehicle sliding door has an adjustable bumper head with a door face for mating with a door inner surface when the door is in a closed position to provide a predetermined lateral load to the door. A bumper base is mounted between the bumper head and a vehicle body surface at a rearward end of a door track and has a hinge face for contacting a door hinge to prevent door rearward longitudinal movement when the door is moved to a fully open position. A bolt threaded on both ends is attached on a first end to the bumper head to allow lateral adjustment with respect to the bumper base, and passes through the bumper base for attachment on a second end to a vehicle body portion.

Abstract: A motor vehicle has a body, a door movable on the body between a closed position and an open position, an electric power source mounted in the body, and a latch having interengageable parts on the vehicle body and on the door engageable in a latched position to retain the door in the closed position, and an electrical actuator energizable to put the latch in an unlatched position. A drive on the body connected to the door is energizable from the source for moving the door between the open and closed positions and a battery is provided in the door separate from the body-mounted power source. An electronic controller in the door powered by the battery is connected to the latch actuator for operating same to unlatch the door and to a transmitter for transmitting a signal indicating the position of the door and of the latch.

Abstract: A powered sliding device for a vehicle sliding door comprises a motor, a wire drum rotated by the motor, a wire cable provided between the wire drum and the sliding door, an optical sensor for outputting a detecting signal when the wire drum rotates, a controller for calculating from the detecting signal at least one of a rotational speed of the wire drum, a rotational amount of the wire drum and a rotational direction of the wire drum, a latch unit provided in the sliding door and engageable with a striker, a power supply switch for supplying electric power to the optical sensor. The power supply switch stops supplying the power to the optical sensor while the door is being closed.

Abstract: A guide assembly for a motor vehicle having a sliding door includes a track having longitudinally extending grooves in opposite surfaces thereof and disposed horizontally on the vehicle. The guide assembly also includes a support bracket having one end connected with the sliding door and another end including a bearing housing. The bearing housing has a longitudinal slot including sides having spacedly opposed bearing pockets. A plurality of ball bearings is rotatably mounted in the opposed bearing pockets and engages the longitudinally extending grooves in the opposite surfaces of the track for supporting and guiding the support bracket and sliding door for movement relative to the vehicle.

Abstract: A packing mounting structure for a vehicle door powered sliding device comprises an elongated guide rail fixed to a side panel of a vehicle body, a sliding door mounted on the body, a powered sliding unit arranged on an interior side of the side panel, a wire cable provided between the sliding door and the powered sliding unit, a pulley holder provided in the vicinity of one end of the guide rail and having a first pulley around which the cable wire is set, a cable hole formed on the side panel in the vicinity of the one end of the guide rail for passing the wire cable through the side panel, a flexible packing member mounted in the cable hole to close a gap between the cable hole and the wire cable. The pulley holder is fixed to the side panel by either of a screw or bolt.

Abstract: A sliding vehicle window assembly is provided which includes at least one, and preferably a pair, of window panels spaced from each other to define a window opening and interconnected by upper and lower frame members or tracks, bonded to the interior surface of the pair of window panels. The upper and lower frame members are also spaced vertically apart from each other. At least one, and preferably two, arcuate channels are defined in each of the inwardly facing walls of the two frame members--the two channels arranged generally in tandem or end-to-end alignment. The pair of channels in each frame member are configured to receive a window panel, opposite ends of which retain cam or channel followers received by the channels.

Abstract: A upper track roller mechanism for an automotive vehicle sliding door is provided in which the upper track is formed as a generally U-shaped track member having centering mechanisms associated with it for preventing vertical movement of the roller into rubbing contact with upper or lower portions of the track. The centering mechanisms may include one or more chamfers formed on the outer wall of the track and a washer carried adjacent the roller in juxtaposition with the portion of the track.

Abstract: A shower cubicle enclosure is disclosed. It has a fixed panel and a slidable panel for opening and closing an access opening, and a rail which defines a cylindrically curved track. The slidable panel has runner elements which cooperate with the track so as to guide the slidable panel for displacement between an open position in which the slidable panel is adjacent and spaced traversely from the fixed panel, and a closed position in which the panel closes the access opening. The fixed and slidable panels are both cylindrically curved. A parking element draws the trailing end of the slidable panel traversely towards the fixed panel as the slidable panel approaches the closed position, thus forming a water tight seal between the slidable and fixed panels.

Abstract: An open-and-close control device for a horizontally slidable vehicle door fitted with a lock that includes a horizontal endless screw rotatably, movably held within a rail fixed to a vehicle body adjacent the vehicle door, and adapted to be rotated by a rotary electric motor. The horizontal endless screw engages a threaded aperture in a slide translationally movable in the rail, wherein the slide is connected by a single connecting rod to an inner arm positioned on the vehicle door. The arm is oriented towards an inside of the vehicle body such that the single connecting rod is at an angle of less than about 25.degree. to the horizontal endless screw. Opening the vehicle door is initiated by a substantially outward transverse translation of at least part of the vehicle door.

Abstract: A door check arrangement for a van door is provided which, in a preferred embodiment, includes an arm connected to the door and translationally connected to the vehicle along an end; a track mounted within the vehicle receiving the arm and having a striker plate and an entrapment section; a support connected to the arm second end and having a first slot with first and second ends and a second slot with first and second surfaces angled from one another; a detent plate having a surface inclined with respect to the striker plate and also having first and second pivot pins mounted within the first and second slots; and a spring biasing the detent plate to place the first pivot pin toward the first slot first end and the second pivot pin on the first surface of the second slot, whereby motion of the door from a closed to a checked open position causes the detent plate inclined surface to contact the striker and to pivot the detent plate in a first angular direction and wherein further movement of the door toward a

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.

Abstract: A vehicle door check is provided including an arm connected with the door along a first end and with the vehicle along a second end, the arm adjacent the second end having a slot with first and second ends; a track of the vehicle for receiving the arm second end having a striker plate and an entrapment section; a rotary detent plate slidably mounted in the arm slot having its own first and second arms and a locking member; a spring for biasing rotation of the detent plate in a first angular direction and toward the slot first end; a contact surface fixed upon the arm interacting with the detent plate second arm whereby motion of the door from a closed position to a checked open position causes the detent plate locking member to contact the striker and pivot the detent plate in a second angular direction opposite the first angular direction and to move the detent plate toward the slot second end and wherein further movement of the door toward a checked open position causes the detent plate to pivot again in th

Abstract: A window structure has a door which slides substantially parallel to a wall to open and close a window therein and hides parallel to and behind the wall when the window is opened. Guide pins protrude upward and downward from the door, and elongated slots are formed in guide plates attached to the wall so as to serve as passageways for the guide pins to travel therein and therealong as the door is slidably moved between open and closed positions. A biasing member such as a cantilevered plate spring is provided to keep the window closed with its biasing force once it is closed and to prevent it from closing when the door is in open position.

Abstract: An apparatus for opening and closing ejecting doors on railway and tramway vehicles includes a motion transmission and ejection control assembly and a wing translation, drive and support assembly. The motion transmission and ejection control assembly functions to guide and forcibly shift the doors between their open and closed positions. Upon disablement of the motion transmission and ejection control assembly or an emergency, the wing translation, drive and support assembly permits the doors to be shifted to a partially open position wherein the doors can be manually opened.

Abstract: Swivel-sliding door system for a vehicle, having a door leaf situated in the vehicle wall in the closed state, and situated on the outside in front of the vehicle wall in the open state, and having drive means, transverse guide means and longitudinal guide means which make possible a swivel-sliding movement of the door leaf. The longitudinal guide means comprise a bearing rail which extends over the width of the door opening and which is coupled to drive members which can cause the bearing wheel to execute a movement transversely to the vehicle wall (3). The bearing rail is provided with a first set of rollers (62,63) which run in the bearing rail and which are mounted on a coupling member (65) which is provided with a second set of rollers (66,67) which are situated in a lower position and which interact with a door rail (6) attached to the top of a door leaf (1,2).

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle construction of an automobile provided with a slide door being used in a front door of an automobile and having an upper side front end positioned at the rear of a lower side front end, roller assemblies provided in an upper side front end, a lower side front end and an intermediate of back end portion, and guide rails for supporting the roller assemblies arranged in an upper, a lower and an intermediate portions of a car body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a structure of a lower rail for guiding a slide door and a mounting structure to a side sill. A part of the side sill is projecting externally and covers the upper part of the lower rail. The top end portion of the lower rail is bent inside the side sill and is fastened to the rail housing box and the floor side panel. The roller supporting member for supporting the roller and the arm being fastened to the door are connected by means of a pin. A groove is formed on the bottom wall of the rail housing box corresponding to the moving range of the pin, and the height of the rail housing box is reduced by letting the above-mentioned pin face inside the groove. And, both the stopper at the rear end portion of the rail and the leaf spring are formed independently each other, then the stopper is inserted into an opening of a rail and the leaf spring is assembled to the rail from above the rail so that the both may be assembled with one screw from above the rail.

Abstract: The present invention resides in a motor-vehicle having a sliding door, wherein the sliding door is used as a front door of the motor-vehicle, and the sliding door has its front portion formed with an inclined configuration to match the shape of the front pillar, whereas upper, center and lower guide rollers are provided at the sliding door and upper, center and lower guide rails which serve to support these guide rollers are provided along the side panel, and wherein the upper guide rail is provided behind the lower guide rail and the upper guide rail is extended upto an area which is situated more backwardly than the passenger access opening.

Abstract: The present invention is drawn to guide structure in a piece of furniture having a group of sliding doors including first and second doors alternately disposed in a coplanar relation when in respective closed positions thereof. Each first door is slidably guided in a lateral direction by 2 first group of guide members via rigid connecting elements connected thereto and sliding elements in sliding engagement with the first group of guide members. Each of the second doors is not only slidably guided in the lateral direction by a second group of guide members but is forwardly shiftable in the piece of furniture via articulating parallelogram linkages connected thereto and sliding elements in sliding engagement with the second group of guide members. A third group of longitudinal guide members are disposed adjacent and extend parallel to the first and second groups of guide members.

Abstract: The apparatus enables a door to be moved into, out of and across an opening in a structure. A motor vehicle has upper, lower and intermediate guides 1, 7, 12 by which a door 6 is suspended and guided for movement by way of guide members 5', 8, 15 engaged with the guides. Curves 1', 7' at the front of guides 1, 7 guide the door into the opening. A door plate 14 and arm 16 constitute a hinge and the arm 12 is pivoted to the intermediate guide member 15. When the door is in the opening the arm 16 prevents downward pivoting of a carrier 19 on the intermediate guide member 15 whereby a roller 21 on the carrier is engaged with an abutment end 22 of the intermediate guide 12, preventing the intermediate guide member 15 engaged with it from sliding rearwardly along that guide 12. Initially, during opening, the curves of the upper and lower guides 1, 7 and the hinge 14, 16 cause movement of the door laterally out of the opening and to the rear.

Abstract: A door operator for a slide door that is slidingly supported relative to a door opening in a side panel of a vehicle body is disclosed. The door is supported adjacent its forward end on at least one forward guide member and is supported adjacent its rear end on a rear guide member. The guide members guide the door through (i) an initial closing movement generally parallel to the side panel, (ii) a final closing movement generally parallel to the side panel, (iii) at least a portion of its final closing movement generally toward the plane of the door opening, and (iv) at least a portion of its initial opening movement generally away from the plane of the door opening. The door operator comprises means including a first cable member coupled to the rear end of the door and a second cable member coupled to the forward end of the door for driving the door along the guide members to thereby move the door through its initial and final opening and closing movements.

Abstract: A window assembly for a vehicle has a frame for connection with vehicle body structure, a fixed window in the frame which is substantially flush with the frame at its exterior, a sliding window moveable between open and closed positions and releasable locks for locking the sliding window in its closed position. The sliding window when moved to its open position is parallel to and behind the fixed window and when moved forward its closed position is also automatically cammed and moved outwardly so as to lie in the same plane and be flush with the fixed window.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wrap-over swinging-sliding door (2) which swings into a closure position at the end of its closure stroke. The door is guided relative to the vehicle bodywork by a bottom rail (4) which co-operates with wheels (3a) fixed to the panel and by at least one top rail (7a, 7b) which is situated at roof level and which co-operates with a horizontal wheel (6a, 6b) which is guided therein and which is capable of moving vertically when the bottom wheels engage a swing-imparting slope which lowers the door at the same time as it moves the door into the bodywork.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to an access door assembly for a ceiling. The assembly includes a frame adapted to be attached to supports of the ceiling and mounted in a generally horizontal position, and a door which fits within the frame. Tracks on the frame receive rollers on the door for mounting the door for movement between open and closed position. The tracks are sloped to gravity actuate the door to the closed position.

Abstract: A flat sliding door unit comprising a main rail extending in the right and the left directions along the upper door frame; swing arms provided aside the main rail and supported by the upper door frame or an extension thereof; sliding doors, each of which is provided with a pair of rollers to be shifted along the main rail and secured to upper both ends of the sliding door; wherein the swing arm is provided with an engaging pin at the tip thereof; a hook member to detachably engage the engaging pin and extending from the roller stay disposed on the leading end in the opening direction of the sliding door; an opening part of the hook member being directed in a fixed direction so as to depart from the engaging pin when the sliding door is slid along the main rail in the opening direction; the sliding door being retained in the closure position when the hook member engages the engaging pin; and, upon swinging of the sliding door to one side, the swing arm swings to shift the roller retaining the swing arm to a do

Abstract: According to the invention a follower member is mounted on the door adjacent the door mounted roller and extends into the body mounted track further than the roller. A spring-like leaf is mounted in the track along at least a portion of the path of travel of the follower member along the track during the back and forth movement of the door. The leaf projects into the path of the follower member to interfere therewith so that the leaf is flexed and thereby impedes travel of the door along the track. A block of elastic material is mounted in a space between the track and the leaf to yieldably support the leaf against the flexure by the follower member during the back and forth movement of the door. The elasticity of the block of elastic material may vary along its length and determines the extent to which the movement of the door is impeded by the engagement of the follower member with the leaf.

Abstract: Driving device for the wing of a swing-out type sliding door, in particular, a swing-out type outer sliding door for vehicles, including two or more spaced apart reversing rollers, one of which is located adjacent to the doorway. A belt is guided around the rollers and is pivotably attached to the wing of the door. The belt is reversibly driven, exerting a force on the wing coincident to its direction of movement.

Abstract: An automatic sliding door system for vehicles to operate opening and closing movements of a sliding door of a vehicle automatically and safely from a driver's seat as well as outside of the vehicle, comprises a guide rail affixed to the body so that the sliding door can be guided along the rail by sending wires firmly connected to the door by an electric motor, an operating device consisting of two parts, one being mounted near the driver's seat and another being mounted inside the body adjacent to the sliding door, a door lock releasing device mechanically or electrically connecting a door lock of the sliding door at one end and the operating device at another end through a coupling which is joint when the door is closed but separated when the door is opened, and a control device connected to the operating device to control movements of the sliding door in accordance with operation of the operating device.

Abstract: A pair of cables to move a sliding door are introduced into the sliding door and connected to a linkage fixed to the sliding door. The linkage transmit part of the power to move the sliding door to a door lock to operate the latch of the door lock. The linkage also takes up slack in the pair of cables when loosened.

Abstract: An automotive vehicle having no pillar between adjacent front swinging and rear sliding doors is provided a structure for mounting a front door striker engageable with a door lock of the front door. The door striker is mounted on a vehicle side sill with a reinforcement which provides sufficient stiffness for the vehicle side sill for resisting against bending stress applied thereto. A guide rail retainer secured to an inner wall of the side sill supports an end of a guide rail for the sliding rear door.

Abstract: A guide rail structure for an automotive sliding door, particularly applicable for an automotive vehicle having a center pillarless body construction. A guide rail is mounted onto a vehicle body side frame such as roof side frame or side sill. The guide rail has a section extending substantially along the side frame which serves as longitudinal reinforcement and a section inserted into an internal space of the side frame and extending across the internal space. The latter section of the guide rail is supported by a reinforcement which is disposed within the internal space of the side frame and cooperates with the reinforcement to provide lateral reinforcement for the side frame.

Abstract: An upper track roller mechanism for a vehicle sliding door. The upper track lies in a plane canted upward at an acute angle defined by the door opening upper sill panel. A roller support guide link is hinged on the door adjacent its upper forward corner for vertical movement about a horizontally disposed longitudinally extending axis. The guide link has an arm portion with a track roller pivot pin adjacent its free end such that the axis of the pin is substantially perpendicular to the arm. The roller is operative with the track configuration to pivot the guide link to an upwardly inclined door closed position wherein the link profile is contoured to the vehicle door opening upper body sill trim panel.

Abstract: For the purpose of preventing a vehicle sliding door from falling off, a stopper member is fixedly secured to the vehicle body and a coacting surface is provided on a bracket mounted on the vehicle door. As guide rollers of the vehicle sliding door tilt under an external force applied to the vehicle door, the stopper member engages with the coacting surface and prevents the rollers from derailment. Since the stopper member extends laterally, it is effective for preventing the sliding door from falling off even when the sliding door is deformed.

Abstract: A sliding type door assembly for a vehicle, includes a guide rail fixed to the body of the vehicle, a door moving along the guide rail between its closed position and rear most open position, a guide follower attached to the door in such a manner that the guide follower can follow the door along the guide rail when the door moves, a brake mechanism for applying the braking power to the door by controlling the movement of the guide follower in relation to the guide rail, and a brake release means connected to the brake mechanism for releasing the brake mechanism.

Abstract: A suspension device for a door leaf of a swing out sliding door of a vehicle comprising a horizontal, fixed suspending member, a frame movable along the fixed suspending member and a swing arm connected to the frame for movement therewith. The swing arm is pivotably connected to the frame by a first hinge and the door leaf is connected by a second hinge to the swing arm. A roller is connected to the swing arm and is rollably supported in a fixed rail and a guide arm pivotably connected to the door leaf carries a third hinge pivotably connecting the guide arm to the frame. The fixed rail includes a curved end portion which controls movement of the roller to cause the door leaf to displace radially as the roller travels to and from the curved end portion.

Abstract: For the purpose of holding a slide door of a vehicle at its fully opened position, a catch lever is provided on a bracket which is pivotally mounted on the slide door and a stopper means is additionally provided on the bracket to prevent the excessive pivoting of the catch lever. Because of the pivotable mounting of the bracket and the provision of the stopper means, the catch lever is prevented from being interfered by a curved portion of the guide rail guiding the sliding motion of the slide door for smooth opening and closing of the door and the device is free from any pronounced protrusion on the part of both the door and the guide rail.

Abstract: A track and latch assembly for a slidable door is disclosed. The track and latch assembly is operative in combination with a slidable door of the type which is slidably supported adjacent the upper end thereof from a wall so that the door is slidable along the surface of the wall for movement between open and closed positions, but so that the door is slightly outwardly pivotable about an axis adjacent the upper end thereof for movement of the lower portion of the door outwardly slightly with respect to the wall. The track and latch assembly includes a track which is mounted in fixed relation with respect to the wall adjacent the lower end of the door and a latch assembly which is mounted on the door.

Abstract: A sliding type door assembly for a vehicle, includes a guide rail fixed to the body of the vehicle, a door moving along the guide rail between its closed position and rear most open position, a guide follower attached to the door in such a manner that the guide follower can follow the door along the guide rail when the door moves, a brake mechanism for applying the braking power to the door by controlling the movement of the guide follower in relation to the guide rail, and a brake release means connected to the brake mechanism for releasing the brake mechanism.

Abstract: A door includes an elongated bearing rail and at least one door section which is operatively connected to the rail for sliding movement in a direction along the elongation of the rail. The door section is so mounted relative to the rail as to perform transversal movement about an axis extending substantially in parallel to said rail. During the transversal movement of the door section frictional rotation between the bearing rail and the connecting means is precluded.

Abstract: A structure for preventing a sliding door from moving vertically, comprises the sliding door having an inner and an outer panels, a vehice body, a guide rail fixed to the vehicle body in such a manner that the sliding door can be guided by the guide rail when the sliding door is opened and closed, the guide rail being inwardly curved at the front end portion thereof, a bracket fixed to the inner panel of the sliding door, a roller attached to the bracket, the roller engaging the guide rail, a locking element having a tapered surface sloping in a lateral direction of the vehicle body, the locking element being attached to the bracket in such a way that, when the sliding door is closed, the tapered surface of the locking element engages a portion fixed relative to the vehicle body thereby to prevent the sliding door from moving vertically.

Abstract: A motor vehicle having a sliding door assembly in which a sliding door is movable between an open position wherein said door is suspended parallel to and adjacent a side of said vehicle and a closed position wherein said door fills an opening in said vehicle side and lies flush with said vehicle side.