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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2000
Vladimir Karasik, Walled Lake, MI (US);
Sheldon J. Allen, Southfield, MI (US);
Joseph Khoury, Farmington, MI (US);
Methode Electronics, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A sliding contact mechanism includes a sliding door contact, a spring having one end connected to the sliding door contact and another end connected to the sliding door of a mini-van, and a pillar contact attached to the stationary pillar of the mini-van. The pillar contact has a shape complementary to a shape of the sliding door contact. When the sliding door is in a closed position, the sliding door is adjacent the pillar and the sliding door contact engages and is in a closed electrical connection with the pillar contact. When the sliding door is in an open position, the sliding door is not adjacent the pillar and the sliding door contact is an open electrical connection with the sliding door contact.