Structure for shielding side sill for sliding door vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Cornoration
InventorsJae-Seung Lee, Kyu-Hoon Cho, Seung-Sik Han, Dae-Hee Lee, Yong-Hyun Nam, Chung-Sik Yim
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Abstract
A structure for shielding a side sill for a sliding door vehicle includes a lower rail mounted in an internal side sill space, a drive unit movably connected to the lower rail, and a shield structure including a cover unit having one end connected to the drive unit and guide rail units configured to guide the cover unit, wherein the cover unit covers the internal side sill space exposed in accordance with a movement of the drive unit.
Claims17
A structure for shielding a side sill for a sliding door vehicle, the structure comprising:
- a lower rail mounted in an internal side sill space;
- a drive unit movably connected to the lower rail;
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- a shield structure comprising a cover unit having one end connected to the drive unit and guide rail units configured to guide the cover unit, wherein the cover unit covers the internal side sill space exposed in accordance with a movement of the drive unit.
A sliding door vehicle, the vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- a lower rail mounted in an internal side sill space along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body;
- a drive unit movably connected to the lower rail;
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- a shield structure comprising a cover unit having one end connected to the drive unit and guide rail units configured to guide the cover unit, wherein the cover unit covers the internal side sill space exposed in accordance with a movement of the drive unit.
A structure for shielding a side sill for a sliding door vehicle, the structure comprising:
- a lower rail mounted in an internal side sill space;
- a first guide space formed in the lower rail;
- a drive unit movably connected to the lower rail;
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- a shield structure comprising:
- a cover unit having one end connected to the drive unit, wherein the cover unit covers the internal side sill space exposed in accordance with a movement of the drive unit;
- guide rail units configured to guide the cover unit, the guide rail units having second guide spaces into which two lateral portions of the cover unit are configured to be inserted and moved;
- a cover arm connected to one end of the cover unit;
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- cover rods having both ends configured to be rotatably connected to the drive unit and the cover arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.