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 rail configured to be mounted on a vehicle body, a roller unit configured to be mounted on a vehicle door, move along the rail, and allow the vehicle door to open and close in a sliding mode and a swing mode, a center rail configured to extend from a rear edge of a door aperture of the vehicle body, a center roller unit configured to be guided along the center rail, and a flap mechanism configured to prevent the center roller unit from being separated from the center rail in the sliding mode, and to allow the center roller unit to be released from the center rail in the swing mode.
Claims20
A vehicle door opening and closing apparatus, comprising:
- a rail configured to be mounted on a vehicle body;
- a roller unit configured to be mounted on a vehicle door, move along the rail, and allow the vehicle door to open and close in a sliding mode and a swing mode;
- a center rail configured to extend from a rear edge of a door aperture of the vehicle body;
- a center roller unit configured to be guided along the center rail;
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- a flap mechanism configured to prevent the center roller unit from being separated from the center rail in the sliding mode, and to allow the center roller unit to be released from the center rail in the swing mode.
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- a vehicle door connected to the vehicle body;
- a rail mounted on the vehicle body in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body;
- a roller unit mounted on the vehicle door, wherein the roller unit is configured to move along the rail, and to allow the vehicle door to open and close in both a sliding mode and a swing mode;
- a center rail extending from a rear edge of a door aperture of the vehicle body;
- a center roller unit configured to be guided along the center rail;
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- a flap mechanism configured to prevent the center roller unit from being separated from the center rail in the sliding mode, and configured to allow the center roller unit to be released from the center rail in the swing mode.
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- a vehicle door connected to the vehicle body;
- a rail mounted on the vehicle body in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body;
- a roller unit mounted on the vehicle door, wherein the roller unit is configured to move along the rail, and to allow the vehicle door to open and close in both a sliding mode and a swing mode;
- a center rail extending from a rear edge of a door aperture of the vehicle body;
- a center roller unit configured to be guided along the center rail;
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- a flap mechanism configured to prevent the center roller unit from being separated from the center rail in the sliding mode, and configured to allow the center roller unit to be released from the center rail in the swing mode, the flap mechanism including:
- a flap configured to be linearly movable on the center rail, the flap including a first flap portion and a second flap portion pivotally connected to the first flap portion;
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- a driving motor configured to drive the flap, wherein the first flap portion is configured to be rotatable by the driving motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.