Patent ID: 6826869
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: E05F,E05Y

Abstract:
An automated closure assembly for a motor vehicle defining an opening, the motor vehicle including a door slideable between a closed position covering the opening and an open position providing access through the opening, said automated closure assembly comprising:a guide fixedly secured to the motor vehicle at a position in spaced relation to the opening; a drive mechanism including a motor fixedly secured to said guide, said drive mechanism converting electrical energy into a rotational force, said drive mechanism including a hinge pulley for receiving the rotational force of said motor at a location remote from said motor, said hinge pulley including a plurality of pulley teeth, a drive belt extending along the opening of the motor vehicle, said drive belt including a plurality of belt teeth to engage said plurality of pulley teeth to move said hinge pulley therealong, and a pulley lock lever selectively engagable with said hinge pulley preventing said hinge pulley from rotating when the door is between the closed position and said intermediate position; a lateral linkage connected to said drive mechanism receiving said rotational force and translating said rotational force into linear force to move the door between the open position and an intermediate position between the open position and the closed position; and a secondary linkage connected to said lateral linkage and said drive mechanism for translating said rotational force into a linear force to move the door between said intermediate position and the open position such that the door is able to move to its open position past the opening within which said lateral linkage extends and a transition linkage connected between said lateral linkage and said secondary linkage, said transition linkage selecting between said lateral linkage and said secondary linkage to translate said rotational force of said drive mechanism.