Movable or removable closures – Mounted for multidirectional or oblique movement – Initial or terminal movement transverse to sliding movement...
Patent
1976-10-01
1978-01-17
Kannan, Philip C.
Movable or removable closures
Mounted for multidirectional or oblique movement
Initial or terminal movement transverse to sliding movement...
49218, E05D 1510
Patent
active
040684075
ABSTRACT:
A swingable and slidable vehicle door assembly opened by an initial laterally outward swinging movement followed by a sliding movement along the exterior side of the vehicle. The vehicle door assembly is supported at three points with a suspension mechanism on the leading edge combined with a lateral guide mechanism to produce the aforementioned lateral movement of the door, followed by sliding movement. A pivotal support member is mounted on the side of the door opening adjacent the door's leading edge and has rollers mounted thereon adapted to engage track means on the door. The pivotal member rotates from an initial closed-door position characterized by substantial fore and aft alignment with the plane of the door to a laterally outward position, thereby moving the leading edge of the door laterally outward from the vehicle body to permit subsequent sliding movement. The rollers are rotatable about vertical axes and one engages a cam plate member to direct the initial swinging movement of the pivotal member and subsequently enters the door track to permit the door to slide along the vehicle body.
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Jozefczak Thadius F.
Podolan Edward G.
Przybysz Francis C.
General Motors Corporation
Kannan Philip C.
MacLean, Jr. K. H.
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