Opening and closing device
AssigneeMitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation
InventorsMakoto Kaburaki, Naoya Seto
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Abstract
An opening and closing device includes an upper arm and a lower arm spaced apart in an up-and-down direction and extend between a vehicle door and a vehicle body, a connecting member configured to connect a first end portion of the upper arm and a first end portion of the lower arm, a body-side upper hinge and a body-side lower hinge attached to the vehicle body so as to be spaced apart in the up-and-down direction and support the connecting member rotatably, a door-side upper hinge attached to an inner panel of the vehicle door to support a second end portion of the upper arm rotatably, and a door-side lower hinge attached to the inner panel of the vehicle door to support a second end portion of the lower arm rotatably.
Claims6
An opening and closing device for connecting a vehicle door to a vehicle body so as to be openable and closable in a width direction of a vehicle, the opening and closing device comprising:
- an upper arm and a lower arm that are disposed so as to be spaced apart in an up-and-down direction of the vehicle and to extend between the vehicle door and the vehicle body;
- a connecting member configured to connect a first end portion of the upper arm and a first end portion of the lower arm together;
- a body-side upper hinge and a body-side lower hinge that are attached to the vehicle body so as to be spaced apart in the up-and-down direction of the vehicle and to support the connecting member rotatably,
- wherein the connecting member is directly connected to and extends from at least a portion of the body-side upper hinge and at least a portion of the body-side lower hinge;
- a door-side upper hinge attached to an inner panel of the vehicle door to support a second end portion of the upper arm rotatably;
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- a door-side lower hinge attached to the inner panel of the vehicle door to support a second end portion of the lower arm rotatably.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.