US 11,926,198 B2
Side door for a vehicle
Jesse Rene Diephuis, West Bloomfield, MI (US); Michael John Harmon, Westland, MI (US); Andrew Brand, Bloomfield Township, MI (US); Ryan Wayne Warner, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Andrew Smith, Troy, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/501,222.
Prior Publication US 2023/0121910 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. B60J 5/04 (2006.01); B60J 7/16 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 5/0473 (2013.01) [B60J 5/0468 (2013.01); B60J 5/0469 (2013.01); B60J 5/0477 (2013.01); B60J 7/1642 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle, comprising:
a support structure;
a side door operable to move relative to the support structure between an open position, wherein access to a vehicle interior of the vehicle is provided, and a closed position, wherein the side door extends across a longitudinal centerline of the vehicle; and
a plurality of pivot members comprising a first pivot member, a second pivot member, a third pivot member, and a fourth pivot member, each pivotably coupled to the support structure at a first end and pivotably coupled to the side door at a second end, wherein the side door is movable between the open and closed positions via pivotal movement of each of the plurality of pivot members relative to the support structure and pivotal movement of the side door relative to each of the plurality of pivot members, wherein the first pivot member is vehicle-rearward of the second pivot member, the second pivot member is vehicle-rearward of the third pivot member, and the third pivot member is vehicle-rearward of the fourth pivot member.