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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Lorne Joseph Lovelace, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Henry W. Hausler, Manchester, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/06 (2006.01); B60J 5/04 (2006.01); E06B 3/36 (2006.01); E06B 7/23 (2006.01); B60J 10/86 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/0477 (2013.01); B60J 10/86 (2016.02); E06B 3/362 (2013.01); E06B 7/23 (2013.01);
Abstract
A door system is provided for a motor vehicle. That door system includes (a) a first independently operable first, door, (b) an independently operable second door, (c) an articulating door interface carried on the first door and (d) a guide on the motor vehicle body. The guide displaces the articulating door interface between a door sealing position when the first door is closed and a door opening position when the first door is opened. A related method is also provided.