Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flexible single piece sliding door
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Application No.: US15214558Application Date: 2016-07-20
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Publication No.: US09969336B2Publication Date: 2018-05-15
- Inventor: Alan George Dry , Joseph S. Talamonti , Gunnar Groesbeck
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Price Heneveld LLP
- Agent Vichit Chea
- Main IPC: B60R11/02
- IPC: B60R11/02 ; B60R7/04 ; B60R11/00

Abstract:
A door assembly for a vehicle interior opening includes a track extending in an imperfect arc and a door supported by the track and slidable therealong through the imperfect arc. The door comprises a single piece, flexible body, having a plurality of crests defining generally planar surfaces extending parallel to each other in a lateral direction. The crests are joined together by respective ones of a plurality of troughs coupled therebetween.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160325694A1 FLEXIBLE SINGLE PIECE SLIDING DOOR Public/Granted day:2016-11-10
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