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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2022
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Phillip C. Storck, III, Washington, MI (US);
Jess McCafferty, Madison Heights, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A door assembly of a vehicle includes a first door panel located in a first guide groove and movable at least partially across a door opening from a first side of the door opening toward a second side of the door opening, and a second door panel spaced apart from the first door panel and located in a second guide groove. The second door panel is movable at least partially across the door opening from the first side toward the second side. One or more first magnetic elements are located at the first door panel, and one or more second magnetic elements disposed at the second door panel. A magnetic force between the one or more first magnetic elements and the one or more second magnetic elements urges the first door panel into contact with a sidewall of the first guide groove.