Assistance apparatus for opening and closing scissor door for vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorJae Seung Lee
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Abstract
An assistance apparatus for opening and closing a scissor door for a vehicle includes: a door hinge having one side installed at a vehicle body to be rotated vertically through a hinge shaft, and having a door mounted at an opposite side thereof; a gas lifter having a first side installed at the vehicle body, and having a second side installed at the door hinge to assist a rotational force of the door hinge or keep a posture thereof through compression and elongation; and an opening and closing assistance unit for providing the rotational force to the door hinge in interlocking with the pressing operation of a vehicle passenger.
Claims4
An assistance apparatus for opening and closing a scissor door for a vehicle including a vehicle body and the scissor door disposed in the vehicle body, comprising:
- a door hinge having one side installed at the vehicle body to be rotated vertically through a hinge shaft, and having the scissor door mounted at an opposite side thereof;
- a gas lifter having a first side installed at the vehicle body, and having a second side installed at the door hinge to assist a rotational force of the door hinge or keep a posture thereof through compression and elongation;
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- an opening and closing assistance unit for providing the rotational force to the door hinge in interlocking with a pressing operation of a vehicle passenger, and including an upper belt gear and a lower belt gear spaced apart from each other along the vehicle body and a foot lever rotated by the pressing operation of the vehicle passenger
- wherein the foot lever has both sides divided with respect to a rotary shaft installed at the vehicle body, has a gear connection part for rotating the lower belt gear provided at one side thereof, and has a pressing part for receiving the pressing operation of the vehicle passenger provided at an opposite side thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.