Patent ID: 6174020
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: B60J,E05F,E05Y,F16G

Abstract:
A sliding door system for a vehicle, comprising:a vehicle body having an opening;at least one non-linear guide track attached to the vehicle body adjacent the opening;a sliding door slidably attached to the at least one non-linear guide track thereby permitting the sliding door to move along the at least one non-linear guide track in a non-linear path relative to the vehicle body; anda wire track assembly having electrical wires and a sheathing that receives and houses the electrical wires for electrically coupling the vehicle body and the sliding door, the sheathing capable of transversely bending relative to the longitudinal axis of the wire track assembly when the sliding door moves along the at least one non-linear guide track in a non-linear path relative to the vehicle body, wherein the wire track assembly accommodates power to the sliding door.