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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9238399-B2
Application number	US-201414250804-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 11, 2014
Priority date	Apr 11, 2014
Publication date	Jan 19, 2016
Grant date	Jan 19, 2016

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.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

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.

Assignees

• Aisin Technical Ct America Inc
• Aisin Seiki
• Aisin Technical Ct Or America Inc

Inventors

• Okuma Emiko
• Kato Tomohide

Classifications

• B60J5/06 Primary

  slidable; foldable · CPC title

• E05D15/0621 Primary

  Details, e.g. suspension or supporting guides (E05D15/0604, E05D15/08 - E05D15/14 take precedence) · CPC title

• E05F15/643

  operated by flexible elongated pulling elements, e.g. belts, chains or cables (by flexible elongated push-pull mechanisms E05F15/635) · CPC title

• E05F15/655

  specially adapted for vehicle wings · CPC title

• E05Y2201/64

  Carriers · CPC title