US 11,938,797 B2
Alignment bracket assembly for slidable vehicle door
Dan Ritz, Windsor (CA); and Scott Nydam, Farmington Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/213,688.
Prior Publication US 2022/0305888 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B60J 5/06 (2006.01); E05C 9/18 (2006.01); E05D 15/06 (2006.01); E05F 5/00 (2017.01); E05F 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 5/06 (2013.01) [E05C 9/1858 (2013.01); E05D 15/0678 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/11 (2013.01); E05F 5/003 (2013.01); E05F 7/04 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/531 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle door system, comprising:
a vehicle body;
a slidable door that is slidable back-and-forth relative to the vehicle body between an open position and a closed position; and
an alignment bracket assembly having a door-mounted portion and a body-mounted portion, the door-mounted portion and the body-mounted portion wedged against one another when the slidable door is in the closed position to restrict movement of the slidable door relative to the vehicle body when the slidable door is in the closed position, wherein the body-mounted portion is mounted to a slidable door sill of the vehicle body.