Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Daimlerchrysler Corporation

Donald G Mikolai

Kelly Michael Kohlstrand

Muhammed Ayub

Matthew Carey

David Brian Glickman

Venkatesh Krishnan

Kip Alan Ewing

Stephen Lewis Bruford

Jason Falenski

Earl L Watson

Stanley Liu

In one embodiment, an automotive vehicle is disclosed having a vehicle body with a first pillar, a second pillar, a roof member and a floor member defining a door opening therebetween. A lateral side entry door is pivotally connected to the vehicle body for enclosing the door opening. The side entry door moves along an operating path having a closed position and an open position. The vehicle has a motor and a lead screw mounted in the side entry door and connected to the motor to be driven by the motor. The vehicle has a link connected to the lead screw and connected to the vehicle body adjacent to the door opening. The motor drives the lead screw to translate the link to open and close the side entry door.

Power door for a passenger vehicle

A vehicleis provided having a vehicle bodywith an openinghaving first and second ends. The vehicle bodyhas a first door. A second doorhas a latched connectionwith the vehicle body between the openingfirst and second ends. The second doorhas a window regulatorto move a window panein and out of a window opening

Vehicle door arrangement

A vehicleis provided having a vehicle bodywith an openinghaving first and second endsThe vehicle bodyhas a first doorand a second doorwhich has a latch connectionwith the vehicle body between the first and second endsA release handle mechanismaccessible from an interior of the vehicle body is provided for the second doorThe release handle mechanismis also accessible from an exterior of the vehicle body when the first dooris open.

Access door release handle

A liftgate handle assembly for actuating a remotely mounted liftgate latch comprising a liftgate handle assembly including a housing having a handle pivotally mounted therein, a key cylinder rotatably mounted therein, a main lever slidably and pivotally mounted thereon, a subordinate lever mounted thereon and in pivotal communication with the main lever which is operably engageable by the handle and operably connected to the key cylinder. The liftgate handle assembly includes a cable connected between the subordinate lever and the liftgate latch. The main lever is adapted to be reciprocally slidably actuated between a locked and an unlocked mode by rotation of the key cylinder, and pivotally actuated in an unlocked mode by manually lifting the handle to move the cable via the subordinate lever to operate the liftgate latch.

Liftgate handle and latch assembly

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Dearborn, MI, United States of America

Donald G Mikolai