Ford Motor Company Limited

Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Roger A Shipman

Rajinder Pal Singh

Mary Teresa Bell

Richard M Kostin

William J Brezina

Charles Lincoln Varney

James Mario Hagerman

Giuseppe Joe Cannella

Timothy Dean Pusilo

A door bumper assembly for an automotive vehicle sliding door has an adjustable bumper head with a door face for mating with a door inner surface when the door is in a closed position to provide a predetermined lateral load to the door. A bumper base is mounted between the bumper head and a vehicle body surface at a rearward end of a door track and has a hinge face for contacting a door hinge to prevent door rearward longitudinal movement when the door is moved to a fully open position. A bolt threaded on both ends is attached on a first end to the bumper head to allow lateral adjustment with respect to the bumper base, and passes through the bumper base for attachment on a second end to a vehicle body portion.

Dual function adjustable bumper for automotive vehicle sliding door

In an automotive vehicle having a body opening closable by a sliding door, a door bumper wedge for restraining longitudinal and lateral movement of the sliding door has a wedge member attached to a door mating surface of the body opening, a receptacle member attached on a body mating edge of the sliding door defining a receptacle pocket, a pair of flexible, opposed prongs extending from the receptacle member a predetermined distance into the receptacle pocket, and a bumper member positioned within the receptacle pocket. The bumper member has a base portion, a pair of opposed arms extending from the base portion, each of the pair of arms positioned between one of the pair of prongs and a surface of the receptacle pocket, and a trough, defined by the pair of arms and the base portion, for receiving the wedge member therein when the sliding door is moved to a closed position, the wedge member restraining generally longitudinal movement of the sliding door by impacting the base portion, the pair of prongs and the pair of arms absorbing energy from the wedge member and limiting sliding door movement in a generally lateral direction when the sliding door is in the closed position by restraining relative movement between the wedge member and the receptacle member. An adjustment bracket is attached to an inner surface of the body pillar on an opposite side of the door mating surface for attaching the wedge plate to the door mating surface. The adjustment bracket adjustable to accommodate tolerance variation between the receptacle member and the wedge member upon first closure of the sliding door.

Bumper wedge for automotive vehicle sliding door

A seat cushion support for an upholstered seat cushion comprises a one-piece, form-retaining, resilient seat pan, preferably of molded plastic, and a pair of mounting tangs, each unitary with the seat pan. The seat pan has a curvilinear upper surface, ishium accommodating means in a rearward portion of the seat pan, which is concavely curved downwardly, and a forward portion which curves downwardly to a forward edge. The mounting tangs are located inboard of and proximate lateral edges, each mounting tang extending downwardly from connection with the seat pan. An upholstered seat cushion assembly comprises such seat cushion support, a cushion, an upholstery covering, and mounting brackets to which the mounting tangs are attached.

Upholstered seat cushion support

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West Bloomfield, MI, United States of America

Roger A Shipman