Intier Automotive Closures Inc.

Peter Adam Lejbjuk

Peter Lance Oxley

Dragan Mrkovic

Jason David Niskanen

Thomas Dean

A vehicle door for fitting to a vehicle body includes a vehicle door frame, and a pivot arm coupled to the door frame. The door frame includes an upper portion, a lower portion, and a pair of opposite sides extending between the upper and lower portions. The pivot arm is coupled to the door frame adjacent one of the opposite sides, and includes a pair of opposite ends. One of the ends of the pivot arm includes a first hinge for pivotally coupling the pivot arm to the vehicle body about a first pivot axis. The other end includes a second hinge pivotally coupling the door frame to the pivot arm about a second pivot axis.

Vehicle door with pivot arm

A power drive assembly () for controlling movement of a closure panel () of a vehicle includes a closure panel () that moves relative to the vehicle between open and closed positions, and a latch () for cinching the closure panel () to the vehicle. The drive assembly () includes an actuator (), a first torque output () coupled to effect movement of the closure panel (), a second torque output () coupled to the latch (), and a clutch assembly () coupled between the actuator () and the torque outputs () for selectively transferring torque between the actuator () and the torque outputs ().

Method of operating a power closure panel

A drive mechanism assembly for enabling driving and manual movement of a sliding side door. The assembly has a track assembly mounted to a vehicle body at a predetermined height and a drive mechanism mounted to the sliding side door so as to be proximate to a door latching mechanism. The drive mechanism has an input drive motor driving an output gear assembly engaging the track assembly and a transmission gear assembly with a sliding gear which selectively couples the input drive motor and an input gear assembly to the output gear assembly between an engaged position for driving movement or disengaged position for manual movement of the sliding side door. In this way, the slide side door may be moved manually between open and closed positions without having to overcome the effort required of rotating the drive motor.

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Etobicoke, Canada

Peter Adam Lejbjuk