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US 11,110,781 B2Granted
Opening structure of tail gate and roof and mounting method thereof
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorKi-Hyun Cho
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Abstract
An opening structure of a tail gate and a roof may include a cross member mounted at the roof of a vehicle, a hinge mounted at the cross member and a tail gate body in white (BIW), a hinge drive motor operating the hinge, and a spindle drive expandably and contractibly mounted to move the roof. The tail gate is opened by the hinge drive motor, or a rear of the roof is moved upward by the expansion of the spindle drive after the tail gate is opened.
Claims7
An opening structure of a tail gate and a roof, comprising:
- a cross member mounted at the roof of a vehicle;
- a hinge mounted at the cross member and a tail gate body in white (BIW);
- a hinge drive motor operating the hinge;
- and
- a spindle drive expandably and contractibly mounted to move the roof;
- wherein the tail gate is opened by the hinge drive motor, or a rear of the roof is moved upward by the expansion of the spindle drive after the tail gate is opened;
- wherein a sealing member is interposed between a roof support panel which is fastened to the cross member to support the roof and a portion where an outside panel extension panel and a quarter panel are joined;
- wherein a cross section of the panel extension panel is formed in a U shape so a middle part of the cross section of the panel extension panel is low;
- and
- wherein the sealing member is located higher than the middle part of the cross section of the panel extension panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.