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An upper track roller mechanism for a vehicle sliding door. The upper track lies in a plane canted upward at an acute angle defined by the door opening upper sill panel. A roller support guide link is hinged on the door adjacent its upper forward corner for vertical movement about a horizontally dis

An upper track roller mechanism for a vehicle sliding door. The upper track lies in a plane canted upward at an acute angle defined by the door opening upper sill panel. A roller support guide link is hinged on the door adjacent its upper forward corner for vertical movement about a horizontally disposed longitudinally extending axis. The guide link has an arm portion with a track roller pivot pin adjacent its free end such that the axis of the pin is substantially perpendicular to the arm. The roller is operative with the track configuration to pivot the guide link to an upwardly inclined door closed position wherein the link profile is contoured to the vehicle door opening upper body sill trim panel.

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In a motor vehicle, an upper track roller mechanism for a sliding door which is movable forwardly and rearwardly along a wall of the vehicle to selectively close and open a generally rectangular opening in said wall, said opening defined by forward and rear vertical side edges joined by upper and lo

In a motor vehicle, an upper track roller mechanism for a sliding door which is movable forwardly and rearwardly along a wall of the vehicle to selectively close and open a generally rectangular opening in said wall, said opening defined by forward and rear vertical side edges joined by upper and lower horizontal edges, said upper track roller mechanism comprising; an upper guide track having a substantially inverted U-shaped cross-section, said track including a main section, an intermediate curved section, and a forward section, said track sections supported on an upper door opening sill panel oriented in a longitudinally extending common plane inclined upwardly from said opening upper edge at a predetermined acute angle from the horizontal, said main section extending along said opening upper edge with said intermediate curved section adjacent said opening forward edge such that said forward section extends obliquely from said curved section, a support link hinged to said door adjacent its forward upper corner for pivotal movement about a longitudinally extending horizontally disposed hinge axis relative to said vehicle, said link having a track roller adjacent its free end such that said roller is received in said track for reciprocal travel therein, the arrangement such that during travel of said roller in said track main section said roller is oriented in a substantially horizontal plane, and wherein upon said roller moving through said curved section and into said forward section during closure of said door, said link being pivoted upwardly about said hinge axis to an inclined position wherein said link and said roller being oriented in a plane substantially parallel with the inclined plane of said sill panel in the door closed position.