Patent ID: 8468748

Claim:
A sliding door system for a vehicle, wherein the vehicle has a chassis and a sliding door that is movable on the chassis between a fully closed position and a fully open position, and the sliding door system comprises: a carrier non-movably fixed to the sliding door; an energy guide chain having a first end directly connected to the carrier for movement with the sliding door from the fully closed position to the fully open position and, a second end non-movably fixed to the chassis, the energy guide chain between the first end and the second end is not connected to the chassis or the sliding door; the energy guide chain further having a bending region adjacent the sliding door that adjusts and bends in only a single direction to define a first radius of curvature when the sliding door is in the fully closed position and a second radius of curvature when the sliding door is in the fully open position, and the first radius of curvature is smaller than the second radius of curvature.