Patent ID: 8235453
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: E05D,E05F,E05Y

Abstract:
1. A system for aligning a slide door of a vehicle with respect to an outer panel of a body of the vehicle, comprising: at least one male part having a projecting portion; at least one corresponding female part having a receptacle, one of the parts being attached to a surface of a pillar of the vehicle at a predetermined spacial datum referenced to the outer body panel and the other of the parts being attached to a surface of the door; an elongated rail attached to the body, the rail having a longitudinal channel with a non-flared portion and a flared portion, the width of the channel being gradually tapered between the flared portion and the non-flared portion, opposing sidewalls of the channel being symmetrically tapered with respect to a centerline of the channel; a wheel attached to the door and rotatably movable along the channel of the rail, the wheel being laterally constrained in the non-flared channel portion of the rail when the door is in an open condition and being laterally movable in the flared channel portion of the rail when the door is proximate a closed condition; wherein the door is laterally adjustable proximate the closed condition by lateral movement of the wheel, and wherein the projecting portion of the male part mates with the receptacle of the corresponding female part when the slide door is closed, laterally adjusting and aligning the door with respect to the outer body panel.