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Granted Patent B2
US 9,238,399 · App. 14/250,804 · Granted Jan 19, 2016

Slide structure for power slide door and cable assembly method for slide door center

Inventors: Emiko Okuma (Novi, MI); Tomohide Kato (Toyoake, JP)
Assignees: AISIN TECHNICAL CENTER OR AMERICA, INC.; AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60J5/06E05D15/0621
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,238,399
App. No.
14/250,804
Granted
Jan 19, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A slide structure that slides a door of a vehicle, including a roller hinge attached to the door; a guide roller that rolls within a rail of the door; a cable end that transmits a sliding force to the roller hinge to slide the door; and a guide roller pin that attaches the guide roller and the cable end to the roller hinge.

Claims (18)

1. A slide structure that slides a door of a vehicle, comprising:

a roller hinge attached to the door;

a guide roller that rolls within a rail of the door;

a cable end that transmits a sliding force to the roller hinge to slide the door;

a guide roller pin that attaches the guide roller and the cable end to the roller hinge; and

a cable end bush between the guide roller pin and the cable end, wherein

the guide roller pin includes a key flange that extends radially from the guide roller pin,

the cable end bush includes a notch portion that corresponds to the key flange and the key flange protrudes through the notch portion, and

the cable end includes a key that when aligned with the key flange allows the cable end to pass the key flange so that the guide roller pin extends through the cable end.

2. The slide structure according to claim 1 , wherein the roller hinge includes at least one hinge flange with a through-hole and the guide roller pin extends through the through-hole.

3. The slide structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the guide roller pin includes a flange that extends circumferentially from the guide roller pin.

4. The slide structure according to claim 3 , wherein the cable end is secured to the guide roller pin when the guide roller pin extends through the cable end, the cable end contacts the flange, and the key and the key flange are not aligned.

5. The slide structure according to claim 1 , wherein the cable end is secured to the guide roller pin when the guide roller pin extends through the cable end and the key and the key flange are not aligned.

6. The slide structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the cable end includes a protruding portion that receives a cable, and the cable end is secured to the guide roller pin when the guide roller pin extends through the cable end and the protruding portion is aligned in a cable pull direction.

7. The slide structure according to claim 1 , wherein an inner surface of the cable end bush is configured to contact an outer surface of the guide roller pin and an outer surface of the cable end bush is configured to contact an inner surface of the cable end.

8. The slide structure according to claim 1 , wherein the cable end bush has a C-shaped cross-section and the notch portion has a step shape.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2025
From: AISIN TECHNICAL CENTER OF AMERICA, INC.
To: AISIN WORLD CORP. OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 070736/0220 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2014
From: OKUMA, EMIKO; KATO, TOMOHIDE
To: AISIN TECHNICAL CENTER OF AMERICA, INC.; AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 032656/0779 →
Continuity (1)
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