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US 11,454,060 B2Granted
Bidirectional door opening structure
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsSudhir Rampalli, Ki Hyun Cho
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Abstract
A bidirectional door opening structure includes a first door configured to be opened by rotating about a first end of a vehicle that is adjacent to a roof of the vehicle, a second door configured to be opened by rotating about a second end of the vehicle that is adjacent to the roof of the vehicle, the second end being opposite the first end, a drive unit disposed at a portion of the roof between the first door and the second door, and a controller configured to receive a door drive request with respect to the first door or the second door and to apply a driving force to at least one of the first door or the second door, wherein the drive unit comprises a spindle unit, a latching lever, and a rotation lever.
Claims20
A bidirectional door opening structure, comprising:
- a first door configured to be opened by rotating about a first end of a vehicle that is adjacent to a roof of the vehicle;
- a second door formed corresponding to the first door, the second door being configured to be opened by rotating about a second end of the vehicle that is adjacent to the roof of the vehicle, the second end being opposite the first end;
- a drive unit disposed at a portion of the roof between the first door and the second door, the drive unit being configured to open and close the first door and the second door;
- and
- a controller configured to receive a door drive request with respect to the first door or the second door and to apply a driving force to at least one of the first door or the second door that is requested to be driven through the drive unit,
- wherein the drive unit comprises:
- a spindle unit configured such that a length thereof is bidirectionally increased in a width direction of the vehicle;
- a latching lever configured to be interlocked with the spindle unit such that a driving force of the spindle unit is applied thereto;
- and
- a rotation lever configured to convert the driving force transmitted from the latching lever into the driving force applied in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
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A bidirectional door opening structure, comprising:
- a first door configured to be opened by rotating about a first end of a vehicle that is adjacent to a roof of the vehicle;
- a second door formed corresponding to the first door, the second door being configured to be opened by rotating about a second end of the vehicle that is adjacent to the roof of the vehicle, the second end being opposite the first end;
- a drive unit disposed at a portion of the roof between the first door and the second door, the drive unit being configured to open and close the first door and the second door;
- and
- a controller configured to receive a door drive request with respect to the first door or the second door and to apply a driving force to at least one of the first door or the second door that is requested to be driven through the drive unit,
- wherein the drive unit comprises:
- a spindle unit configured such that a length thereof is bidirectionally increased in a width direction of the vehicle;
- a latching lever configured to be interlocked with the spindle unit such that a driving force of the spindle unit is applied thereto;
- and
- a rotation lever configured to convert the driving force transmitted from the latching lever into the driving force applied in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle;
- wherein the bidirectional door opening structure further comprises a transfer plate on which the latching lever is disposed and a transfer slot formed in the transfer plate;
- and
- wherein a rotation shaft of the latching lever is configured to move along the transfer slot by the spindle unit.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body having a roof;
- a first door configured to be opened by rotating about a first end of the vehicle that is adjacent to the roof of the vehicle;
- a second door configured to be opened by rotating about a second end of the vehicle that is adjacent to the roof of the vehicle, the second end being opposite the first end;
- a drive unit disposed at a portion of the roof between the first door and the second door, the drive unit being configured to open and close the first door and the second door, wherein the drive unit comprises a spindle unit configured such that a length thereof is bidirectionally increased in a width direction of the vehicle, a latching lever configured to be interlocked with the spindle unit such that a driving force of the spindle unit is applied thereto, and a rotation lever configured to convert the driving force transmitted from the latching lever into the driving force applied in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle;
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- a controller configured to receive a door drive request with respect to the first door or the second door and to apply a driving force to at least one of the first door or the second door that is requested to be driven through the drive unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.