US 12,077,038 B2
Vehicle door assembly
Craig Delay, Commerce, MI (US); James Iwanski, Oxford, MI (US); Mitsuyasu Hikosaka, Novi, MI (US); and David Lipka, Farmington, MI (US)
Assigned to Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US)
Filed by NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC., Franklin, TN (US)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/555,355.
Prior Publication US 2023/0191884 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. B60J 5/12 (2006.01); B60J 1/18 (2006.01); E05D 15/58 (2006.01); E05F 15/611 (2015.01); E05F 15/686 (2015.01); E05F 15/695 (2015.01)
CPC B60J 5/12 (2013.01) [B60J 1/1846 (2013.01); E05D 15/583 (2013.01); E05F 15/611 (2015.01); E05F 15/686 (2015.01); E05F 15/695 (2015.01); E05D 2015/586 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/434 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/64 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/654 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/684 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/40 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/546 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle door assembly, comprising:
a vehicle body structure having a wall portion that defines a door opening;
a first door;
a second door; and
a support assembly fixed to the wall portion proximate the door opening and having at least one pair of tracks with door support devices and a motorized door mechanism, the door support devices independently supporting the first door and the second door for movement along the at least one pair of tracks and the motorized door mechanism being configured to raise and lower the door support devices along with the first door and the second door from respective closed orientations covering corresponding sections of the door opening and open orientations exposing the corresponding sections of the door opening, and with the first door and the second door in their respective open orientations, the first door and the second door are concealed above a headliner of the vehicle body structure.