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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SLIDING DOOR MECHANISM

  • US 20080072498A1
  • Filed: 09/25/2007
  • Published: 03/27/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A drive assembly for a sliding door, comprising:

  • a power drive unit for providing a rotational force to rotate a cable drum of the drive assembly, the power drive unit being mounted within the sliding door;

    a pair of cables each having one end secured to the cable drum and another end secured to a guide track of the drive assembly;

    a roller assembly configured to slidably engage the guide track;

    an arm fixedly secured to the sliding door and pivotally mounted to the roller assembly at a pivot point;

    a pulley rotationally mounted to the roller assembly, the axis of rotation of the pulley being aligned with the pivot point and each of the pair of cables engage the pulley in opposite directions as the cable drum rotates and the roller assembly sliding along the guide track as the cable drum rotates, wherein movement of the roller assembly causes movement of the sliding door.

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