Fca US LLC

Daimlerchrysler Corporation

Chrysler Group LLC

Kenneth J Hartwig

Del C Schroeder

William W Doolittle, Iii

Robert Malcolm

Kathi S Lee

Lewis Charles Eanes, Sr

Thomas S Moore

Richard G Reed, Jr

Gerald Cilibraise

Arthur J Buglione

Edmund Tworkowski

Timothy E Weeks

Glenn E Lucas

Robert L Davis

A track assembly for a sliding vehicle door, which includes a wire track extending between a track mount assembly attached to the sliding vehicle door and a body mount component. The wire track comprises a plurality of interconnected links allowing the wire track to articulate in a wire track articulation plane between door closed and door open positions. A wiring harness extends through the wire track. An elastomeric grommet extends from the track mount assembly and surrounds the wiring harness while permitting the wiring harness to twist and bend inside the grommet as the wire track articulates. A roller track is mounted to a vehicle body structure. The body mount component is mounted below the roller track such that the wire track articulation plane is disposed below a lower wall of the roller track.

Track assembly for sliding vehicle door

A hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine coupled to a combined starter/motor/generator which is, in turn, coupled to a transmission of the vehicle. The starter/motor/generator is coupled to a high voltage battery pack via an inverter and to a deployable power output panel for serving loads external to the vehicle. Whenever external loads are to be powered, a control unit automatically places the vehicle in PARK, or alternatively activates an electrical parking brake system to hold the vehicle stationary.

Hybrid vehicle with integral generator for auxiliary loads

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Ortonville, MI, United States of America

Kenneth J Hartwig