Patent ID: 6575864
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: E05F,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
A drive assembly (14) for driving and manual movement of a sliding side door (12) between open and closed positions on a vehicle body (10), the drive assembly (14) having a track assembly (16) mounted to the vehicle body (10) and a drive mechanism (18) mounted to the sliding side door (12) and operatively engaging the track assembly (16), the drive mechanism (18) having an input drive motor (22) driving an output gear assembly (24) for engaging the track assembly (16) characterized by the input drive motor (22) being coupled to an input gear assembly (23), and a transmission gear assembly (26) having a sliding gear (50) which is selectively movable axially along a pin (62) between an engaged position coupling the input gear assembly (23) to the output gear assembly (24) for driving movement of the sliding side door (12) and a disengaged position where the output gear assembly (24) is disengaged from the input drive motor (22) for manual movement of the sliding side door (12), an actuator motor (40), and a gear train (42), (44), (46) coupled to the actuator motor (40) and engaging a lever (48) pivotally connected for selectively moving the sliding gear (50) between said engaged position and said disengaged position.