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US 11,629,539 B2Granted
Vehicle door opening and closing apparatus
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorJe Won Choi
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Abstract
A vehicle door opening and closing apparatus includes: a vehicle door; a rail mounted on a vehicle body; and a roller unit mounted on the vehicle door, and configured to move along the rail, where the roller unit allows the vehicle door to open and close in either a sliding mode, in which the vehicle door slides along the rail, or a swing mode, in which the vehicle door swings in a predetermined position of the rail.
Claims16
A vehicle door opening and closing apparatus, comprising:
- a vehicle door;
- a rail mounted on a vehicle body;
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- a roller unit mounted on the vehicle door, and configured to move along the rail,
- wherein the roller unit allows the vehicle door to open and close in either a sliding mode, in which the vehicle door slides along the rail, or a swing mode, in which the vehicle door swings in a predetermined position of the rail;
- wherein the roller unit includes a roller bracket having a roller configured to roll along the rail, and a body connecting the roller bracket and the vehicle door.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.