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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2008
Douglas Quigley, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Robert Smyczynski, Metamora, MI (US);
Irina Zavatski, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Douglas Quigley, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Robert Smyczynski, Metamora, MI (US);
Irina Zavatski, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Chrysler Group LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
An interior armrest for a sliding door assembly of a motor vehicle having a hollow housing that is pivotally movable about a pivot axis between a horizontal position for use as an armrest and a vertical position for storage is disclosed. The housing includes an actuator for automatically moving the armrest to the vertical position from the horizontal position as the sliding door moves between the closed and the open position. The armrest is disposed within a recess of the sliding door assembly when in the vertical position.