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An arrangement for mounting a sliding door to a vehicle body for movement between an open position and a closed position. The arrangement includes a guide track mounted to the sliding door, a carriage support arrangement carried by the sliding door and a swing arm. The swing arm is connected to the

An arrangement for mounting a sliding door to a vehicle body for movement between an open position and a closed position. The arrangement includes a guide track mounted to the sliding door, a carriage support arrangement carried by the sliding door and a swing arm. The swing arm is connected to the carriage for pivotal movement about a first axis and to the body for pivotal movement about a second axis. With the sliding door unlatched, the swing-arm rotates the carriage support arrangement and the sliding door through an obtuse swing angle, thereby reducing longitudinal tipping forces on the sliding door. Further, when the swing-arm and sliding door are in the full-open position, the sliding door's center of gravity is only slightly offset aft of the carriage support arrangement, thereby reducing the force needed to remove the swing-arm, carriage support arrangement and vehicle sliding door to a fully-closed position.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An arrangement for mounting a sliding door to a vehicle body in combination with the vehicle body, the sliding door being movable between a fully open position in which the door is oriented substantially parallel to a side of the vehicle body and a closed position in whic

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An arrangement for mounting a sliding door to a vehicle body in combination with the vehicle body, the sliding door being movable between a fully open position in which the door is oriented substantially parallel to a side of the vehicle body and a closed position in which the sliding door closes an opening in the vehicle body, the arrangement comprising:a track mounted longitudinally on an inner side of the sliding door, said track mounted intermediate to an upper and a lower edge of the sliding door;a carriage support arrangement carried by the sliding door and in slidable communication with said track; anda swing arm including a first end attached to said carriage support arrangement for pivotal movement about a first axis and a second end attached to the vehicle body for pivotal movement about a second axis, said swing arm adapted for rotation about said second axis between first and second positions whereat said first position the sliding door is in the closed position and said first pivot axis is located fore of said second pivot axis and whereat said second position the sliding door is in an intermediate position fore of said fully open position and said first pivot axis is located aft of said second pivot axis.