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Sliding door brake assembly
Sliding door brake assembly, for attachment to a sliding door of a vehicle, comprises a brake member 42 having at least one, preferably two, brake portions 42A, 42B. The brake member is to be pivotally mounted to a sliding door mechanism (30, fig.2) that runs in a track 20. The brake portions form inertial counterweights that urge the brake member from a neutral position in which the brake surfaces are not engaged with the track to an engaged position in which the brake surfaces frictionally engage the track when the door is subjected to an acceleration greater than a predetermined threshold, e.g. when slamming a door. Preferably a leaf spring 43 with two arms biases brake member toward the neutral position. The first brake surface engages the track when the door is moved in a first direction and preferably a second brake surfaces engages the track when the door is moved a second, opposite, direction allowing braking in both opening and closing directions. The sliding door mechanism may include multiple wheels or rollers engaging the track
Sliding door brake assembly
Sliding door brake assembly, for attachment to a sliding door of a vehicle, comprises a brake member 42 having at least one, preferably two, brake portions 42A, 42B. The brake member is to be pivotally mounted to a sliding door mechanism (30, fig.2) that runs in a track 20. The brake portions form inertial counterweights that urge the brake member from a neutral position in which the brake surfaces are not engaged with the track to an engaged position in which the brake surfaces frictionally engage the track when the door is subjected to an acceleration greater than a predetermined threshold, e.g. when slamming a door. Preferably a leaf spring 43 with two arms biases brake member toward the neutral position. The first brake surface engages the track when the door is moved in a first direction and preferably a second brake surfaces engages the track when the door is moved a second, opposite, direction allowing braking in both opening and closing directions. The sliding door mechanism may include multiple wheels or rollers engaging the track
Sliding door brake assembly
GERARD VINCENT BALL (author) / STEVE BRAYBROOK (author) / BRIAN WESTGARTH (author) / STUART GORDON (author)
2017-05-10
Patent
Electronic Resource
English