Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Door or window with specified vehicle feature
Patent
1999-02-26
2000-11-14
Pape, Joseph D.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Door or window with specified vehicle feature
296155, B60J 900, B60J 506
Patent
active
061459194
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle sliding door is movable in forward and rearward directions between opened and closed positions with respect to a vehicle body. The rear door has a cavity formed therein. An armrest is pivotally movable about a pivot axis between a horizontal position for use as an armrest and a vertical position for storage within the cavity. The pivot axis is substantially parallel to the forward and rearward directions. The armrest includes an actuator for automatically moving the armrest between the vertical and horizontal positions as the door moves between the opened and closed positions, respectively. The actuator may comprise a pneumatic drive system, a flexible drive cable or an electric motor for automatically pivoting the armrest between stowed and use positions.
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Cannon Carter S.
Fu David
Mysliwiec Todd A.
Wilson Douglas J.
Blankenship Greg
Lear Corporation
Pape Joseph D.
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