Patent ID: 6035488
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: E05F,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
A sliding door stopper attached to a guide rail for limiting a sliding movement of a vehicle sliding door relative to a vehicle body in a direction of opening of the sliding door to a fully open position thereof, by abutting contact of the sliding door with the sliding door stopper in a cushioning manner, wherein the sliding door stopper is attached to a longitudinal end of the guide rail adopted to be mounted on the vehicle body, and the sliding door is suspended from and guided by the guide rail so as to be slidable along the guide rail, said sliding door stopper comprising:an elastic body extending in a longitudinal direction of said guide rail away from said longitudinal end of said guide rail and having opposite longitudinal end faces one of which is adapted for abutting contact with said sliding door, said elastic body having a plurality of concavities each of which is formed in an outer surface of said elastic body so as to extend in a direction intersecting a longitudinal direction of said elastic body which is parallel to said longitudinal direction of said guide rail.