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1. A sliding-door assembly for a vehicle, the sliding-door assembly comprising:
a door movable relative to the vehicle between a closed state and an open state; and a support arm slidably supporting said door relative to the vehicle and including a first housing and a second housing, said first housing slidably attached to the vehicle, said second housing including an end pivotably attached to said door, wherein the first housing and the second housing operatively engage with each other so that the second housing is linearly movable relative to the first housing between a retracted state and an extended state, wherein a length of said support arm when said second housing is in said retracted state is less than the length of said support arm when said second housing is in said extended state, wherein said second housing is received within said first housing, wherein said first housing slidably engages a track in the vehicle such that said support arm moves relative to the vehicle along a path having an arcuate portion and a linear portion as the first housing slides relative to the vehicle as the door moves between the closed state and the open state, and wherein said first and second housings are non-rotatably fixed relative to each other. |
