Patent ID: 6385910
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: B60J,E05D,E05F,E05Y

Abstract:
A swivel-sliding door system for a vehicle having at least one door leaf, said system being configured to be situated in a vehicle wall having an opening, wherein said at least one door leaf is movable from a first closed plugged position to a second open unplugged position where said door leaf is generally parallel to but situated outwardly from the vehicle wall and slideable transversely therealong, the door system further comprising:an operating unit having a first portion that is adapted to be mounted to the vehicle; a second portion of said operating unit coupled to said at least one door leaf, wherein said first portion of said operating unit comprises a frame sized to be received within the space defined by an opening in said vehicle wall which, in assembled condition, is adapted to be fixedly connected to the vehicle, and wherein said second portion includes: a drive motor; a moveable assembly, slideably attached to said first portion and between said first portion and said at least one door leaf, and said assembly including said drive motor with said drive motor being affixed to said moveable assembly so that said drive motor and assembly together move between said first position when said one door leaf is in said closed position, and said second position where said one door leaf is in an open position, wherein movement between said first and second positions being generally orthogonal to the movement of at least one door leaf when they slide transversely.