Patent ID: 8127497

Claim:
A vehicle and sliding door assembly comprising: a vehicle; a guide track coupled to the vehicle; a sliding door coupled to the guide track; a power drive unit for providing a rotational force to rotate a cable drum of the vehicle and sliding door assembly, the power drive unit mounted within the sliding door; a pair of cables each having one end secured to the cable drum and another end secured to the guide track; a roller assembly slidably engaged to the guide track; an arm fixedly secured to the sliding door to inhibit relative movement between the arm and the sliding door, the arm pivotally mounted to the roller assembly at a pivot point; and a pulley rotationally mounted to the roller assembly, the axis of rotation of the pulley being aligned with the pivot point, wherein each of the pair of cables engages the pulley in opposite directions as the cable drum rotates and the roller assembly slides along the guide track as the cable drum rotates, wherein movement of the roller assembly causes movement of the sliding door.