Patent ID: 11905020
Assignee: ADIENT AEROSPACE, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  E | IPC B  E

Claim 0:
1. A dual-operation sliding door assembly comprising:
a sliding door associated with a seat unit, the sliding door mounted on a door support member of the seat unit;
a dual operation slide device at least partially disposed within the door support member of the seat unit;
a primary track engaging the dual operation slide device, wherein the sliding door is movable along the primary track between a retracted position and at least one deployed position in a normal operation mode, the dual operation slide device further comprising:
an immovable carriage station at least partially disposed within the door support member that locks a carriage device into the immovable carriage station, wherein the primary track slides over the carriage device in the normal operation mode;
a secondary track associated with the door support member, wherein the carriage device is unlocked from the immovable carriage station in a backup operation mode permitting the carriage device to slide along the secondary track between the at least one deployed position and the retracted position;
a release lever that triggers release of the carriage device from the immovable carriage station in an actuated state; and
a mechanical fuse assembly that triggers automatic release of the carriage device from the carriage station in response to a threshold force applied to a back of the sliding door in a direction of the door support member.