Connection system for house and vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsDong Eun Cha, Jin Ho Hwang, Sang Heon Lee
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Abstract
A connection system for a house and a vehicle, may include a vehicle door provided in the vehicle to open or close a vehicle entrance through which a passenger enters or exits the vehicle and allowing an internal space of the vehicle to be exposed into the house when authenticated by the house; and a hatch provided in a house entrance on a side wall of the house to selectively couple the house entrance and the vehicle entrance with each other so that an internal space of the vehicle and an internal space of the house are connected to each other in a state that the vehicle door is open when the authenticated vehicle is parked on a side of the house entrance.
Claims5
A connection system for a house and a vehicle, the connection system comprising:
- a vehicle door provided in the vehicle to selectively open a vehicle entrance through which a passenger enters or exits the vehicle and allowing an internal space of the vehicle to be exposed into the house when the vehicle is authenticated from the house and;
- and
- a connection member provided in a house entrance on a side wall of the house to selectively couple the house entrance and the vehicle entrance with each other so that the internal space of the vehicle and an internal space of the house are connected to each other when the vehicle door of the authenticated vehicle is opened in a side of the house entrance,
- wherein the connection member comprises:
- an upper hatch operably provided in an upper portion of the house entrance;
- and
- a lower hatch operably provided in a lower portion of the house entrance,
- wherein the upper hatch is configured to be selectively coupled to a top portion of the vehicle and the lower hatch is configured to be selectively coupled to a bottom portion of the vehicle to connect the internal space of the vehicle and the internal space of the house each other,
- wherein first ends of the upper hatch and the lower hatch are pivotally connected to the house,
- wherein a second end of the upper hatch is coupled to the top portion of the vehicle when the second end of the upper hatch is pivoted with respect to the first end of the upper hatch to open the upper portion of the house entrance,
- wherein a second end of the lower hatch is coupled to the bottom portion of the vehicle when the second end of the lower hatch is pivoted with respect to the first end of the lower hatch to open the lower portion of the house entrance, and
- wherein the vehicle door is configured to be opened in a butterfly type, and the upper hatch is coupled to the vehicle door in a state that the vehicle door is opened.
A connection system for a house and a vehicle, the connection system comprising:
- a vehicle door provided in the vehicle to selectively open a vehicle entrance through which a passenger enters or exits the vehicle and allowing an internal space of the vehicle to be exposed into the house when the vehicle is authenticated from the house and;
- and
- a connection member provided in a house entrance on a side wall of the house to selectively couple the house entrance and the vehicle entrance with each other so that the internal space of the vehicle and an internal space of the house are connected to each other when the vehicle door of the authenticated vehicle is opened in a side of the house entrance,
- wherein the connection member comprises:
- an upper hatch operably provided in an upper portion of the house entrance;
- and
- a lower hatch operably provided in a lower portion of the house entrance,
- wherein the upper hatch is configured to be selectively coupled to a top portion of the vehicle and the lower hatch is configured to be selectively coupled to a bottom portion of the vehicle to connect the internal space of the vehicle and the internal space of the house each other, and
- wherein the upper hatch has a groove, and the groove of the upper hatch is configured to be coupled to the vehicle door in a state that the vehicle door is opened.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.