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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1997
Rajinder Pal Singh, Canton, MI (US);
Roger A Shipman, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Giuseppe Joe Cannella, Ancaster, CA;
Mary Teresa Bell, Monroe, MI (US);
Timothy Dean Pusilo, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
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.