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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearbron, MI (US);
Michael M. Azzouz, Livonia, MI (US);
Larry Dean Elie, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
John Wayne Jaranson, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jeffrey A. Wallace, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Timothy J. Potter, Dearborn, MI (US);
Gerald J. Heath, Allen Park, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A mounting assembly for a vehicle side door motor includes an upper hinge element configured for receiving a side door motor drive shaft and a motor mounting bracket configured to receive the side door motor drive shaft and to allow a radial adjustment of the drive shaft for alignment of an axis of the motor with a side door hinge axis. The upper hinge element may define a clevis including a lower clevis portion having a motor drive shaft mounting aperture dimensioned to allow the radial adjustment feature. The motor mounting bracket includes one or more mounting apertures dimensioned to allow a vehicle fore/aft adjustment and in/out adjustment of the side door motor element. The motor mounting assembly is further configured to allow a vehicle up/down adjustment of the side door motor.