Patent ID: 7997639
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: E05F,E05Y

Abstract:
1. A slide door opening/closing device of a motor vehicle, comprising: a lower guide rail mounted to a lower surface of a vehicle floor panel; a lower roller bracket fixed to a slide door, the lower roller bracket being guided by the lower guide rail when the slide door is moved between open and closed positions; an electric actuator unit mounted to the lower surface of the floor panel; a watertight cover mounted to the lower surface of the floor panel in a manner to cover the electric actuator unit such that a space where the lower guide rail is present is separated from a space where the electric actuator unit is present; cables passing through cable passing openings formed in the watertight cover and running in the lower guide rail, the cables being driven by the electric actuator unit and having respective ends fixed to the lower roller bracket, such that, upon energization of the electric actuator unit, the lower roller bracket is moved for the movement of the slide door between the open and closed positions; and sealing members that hermetically close the cable passing openings.