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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2003
Rajesh J. Somnay, Troy, MI (US);
Steven J. Engelgau, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Shelley Lynn Bess, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Christopher Matthew Radjewski, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Ian Christopher Hoare, W. Bloomfield, MI (US);
Joseph Allen Wilbanks, II, Hermitage, TN (US);
Silvio M. Yamada, Waterford, MI (US);
ArvinMeritor Technology LLC, Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle door lock system comprises a sliding vehicle door, having a door path of travel generally translational to a vehicle frame. A drive unit moves the vehicle door along a door path. A drive component communicates the movement from the drive unit to the vehicle door by moving along a drive component path of travel. A latch is selectively actuated to arrest movement of the drive component and the vehicle door by blocking the drive component path of travel.