Bidirectional door opening module
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsKi Hyun Cho, Chung Hwa Jung
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Abstract
A bidirectional door opening module includes a vehicle body panel located between a first door configured to be rotated to open one end of a vehicle and a second door configured to be rotated to open a remaining end of the vehicle, and a drive unit coupled to the vehicle body panel and configured to apply opening force to the first door and the second door, wherein the drive unit includes a driver configured to apply driving force so as to open the first door or the second door, rail units configured to receive the driving force of the driver and then to apply opening force to the first door or the second door, and hinge units coupled to the rail units and configured to perform rotary opening of the first door or the second door.
Claims20
A bidirectional door opening module comprising:
- a vehicle body panel located between a first door configured to be rotated to open a first end of a vehicle and a second door configured to be rotated to open a second end of the vehicle, the second end different than the first end;
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- a drive unit coupled to the vehicle body panel and configured to apply an opening force to the first door and the second door, wherein the drive unit comprises:
- a driver configured to apply the driving force so as to open the first door or the second door;
- rail units configured to receive the driving force of the driver and then to apply the opening force to the first door or the second door;
- hinge units coupled to the rail units and configured to perform rotary opening of the first door or the second door;
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- hinge push units located at both ends of the rail units and configured to transmit the driving force to the hinge units.
A bidirectional door opening module comprising:
- a vehicle body panel located between a first door configured to be rotated to open a first end of a vehicle and a second door configured to be rotated to open a second end of the vehicle, the second end different than the first end;
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- a drive unit coupled to the vehicle body panel and configured to apply an opening force to the first door and the second door, wherein the drive unit comprises:
- a driver configured to apply a driving force so as to open the first door or the second door, wherein the driver comprises a spindle unit comprising bidirectional spindles and gas lift units configured to provide tension in a direction of applying the driving force of the spindle unit;
- rail units configured to receive the driving force of the driver and then to apply the opening force to the first door or the second door, wherein the gas lift units comprise ball sockets configured to be coupled to ball joints of the rail units;
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- hinge units coupled to the rail units and configured to perform rotary opening of the first door or the second door.
A vehicle comprising:
- a first door configured to be rotated to open a first end of the vehicle;
- a second door configured to be rotated to open a second end of the vehicle, the second end different than the first end;
- a vehicle body panel located between the first door and the second door;
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- a drive unit coupled to the vehicle body panel, the drive unit comprising:
- a driver configured to apply a driving force so as to open the first door or the second door;
- a rail unit configured to receive the driving force of the driver and then to apply an opening force to the first door or the second door;
- hinge units coupled to both ends of the rail unit and configured to perform rotary opening of the first door or the second door;
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- hinge push units located at both ends of the rail unit and configured to transmit the driving force to the hinge units.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.