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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jack Whitehurst, Hockley, GB;
Brian Westgarth, Billericay, GB;
Rob Swann, Rayleigh, GB;
Ian Patterson, Billericay, GB;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 5/00 (2017.01); E05D 15/10 (2006.01); E05C 17/60 (2006.01); B60J 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 5/003 (2013.01); B60J 5/06 (2013.01); E05D 13/04 (2013.01); E05D 15/1047 (2013.01); E05D 2015/1026 (2013.01); E05D 2015/1055 (2013.01); E05D 2015/1057 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/21 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/232 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/26 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/266 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/531 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle has a sliding door fitted with a rotatable brake member to apply a braking force to the sliding door when the vehicle is on a slope. The brake member is automatically rotated about a pivot axis X-X by a moveable member forming part of an actuator when the vehicle is resting on a slope into a position in which a braking force is applied to the sliding door by the interaction of the brake member with an elongate track in the form of a sliding door support track.