IP Library Granted Patent US 8,701,348
Granted Patent B2
US 8,701,348 · App. 13/762,943 · Granted Apr 22, 2014

Slide door device for vehicle

Inventors: Yoshichika Ito (Toyoake, JP); Junji Yamaguchi (Chiryu, JP); Tomohide Kato (Toyoake, JP)
Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 8,701,348
App. No.
13/762,943
Granted
Apr 22, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a slide door device for a vehicle, including: a body side lower rail disposed below a door opening formed on a side of a vehicle body and extends in a front-rear direction; a body side rail disposed above the body side lower rail and behind the door opening and extends in the front-rear direction; a door side lower guide roller unit and a door side guide roller unit connected to a slide door and configured to slide on the body side lower rail and the body side rail respectively; a door side lower rail disposed in a lower portion of the slide door positioned below the floor surface in the door opening and extends in the front-rear direction; and a body side lower guide roller unit connected to the lower portion of the door opening and configured to slide on the door side lower rail.

Claims (12)

1. A slide door device for a vehicle, comprising:

a body side lower rail which is disposed below a door opening formed on a side of a vehicle body and extends in a front-rear direction of the vehicle;

a body side rail which is disposed above the body side lower rail and behind the door opening and extends in the front-rear direction;

a door side lower guide roller unit which is connected to a slide door, which opens and closes the door opening, and configured to slide on the body side lower rail;

a door side guide roller unit which is connected to the slide door and configured to slide on the body side rail;

a door side lower rail which is disposed in a lower portion of the slide door positioned below a floor surface in the door opening and extends in the front-rear direction;

a body side lower guide roller unit which is connected to the lower portion of the door opening and configured to slide on the door side lower rail; and

wherein the body side lower rail and the door side lower rail overlap in an upper-lower direction of the vehicle in the fully closed state of the door.

2. The slide door device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the body side lower guide roller unit is disposed at a rear position of the door side lower guide roller unit regardless of the opening and closing position of the slide door.

3. The slide door device for a vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the door side lower rail is disposed below the body side lower rail.

4. The slide door device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the door side lower rail is configured to be provided in place of a body side upper rail which is disposed above the body side rail and extends in the front-rear direction of the vehicle.

5. The slide door device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the slide door device is devoid of a rail installed along an upper edge of the door opening.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2013
From: ITO, YOSHICHIKA; YAMAGUCHI, JUNJI; KATO, TOMOHIDE
To: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-026457 · Feb 9, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130205671A1 · Aug 15, 2013