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US 11,760,174 B2Granted
Flush glass apparatus
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Webasto Korea Holdings Ltd.
InventorsJeong Hyeon Kim, Seong Min Gwak, Su Yun Choi
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Abstract
A flush glass apparatus includes an operation glass comprising a glass portion and a frame and configured to open and close an opening of a fixed glass by sliding in a lateral direction, and a locking device configured to lock and unlock the operation glass, wherein the locking device comprises an operation handle installed on the frame, an upper locking lever installed on an upper side of the frame, a first lower locking lever installed on a lower side of the frame, a second lower locking lever installed on the lower side of the frame, an upper operation member installed on the upper side of the frame and connected to the operation handle, and a lower operation member installed on the lower side of the frame and connected to the operation handle.
Claims20
A flush glass apparatus comprising:
- an operation glass comprising a glass portion and a frame and configured to open and close an opening of a fixed glass by sliding in a lateral direction;
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- a locking device configured to lock and unlock the operation glass, wherein the locking device comprises:
- an operation handle installed on the frame to be rotated left and right and configured to be restored to its original state by a restoration spring;
- an upper locking lever installed on an upper side of the frame and configured to lock the operation glass by rotating in a locking direction by an elastic restoring force when the operation glass is completely closed;
- a first lower locking lever installed on a lower side of the frame and configured to lock the operation glass by rotating in the locking direction by an elastic restoring force when the operation glass is completely closed;
- a second lower locking lever installed on the lower side of the frame and configured to lock the operation glass by rotating in the locking direction by an elastic restoring force when the operation glass is completely opened;
- an upper operation member installed on the upper side of the frame, connected to the operation handle, and configured to rotate the upper locking lever in a direction of releasing the locking when rotating in an opening direction by an operation of the operation handle;
- a lower operation member installed on the lower side of the frame, connected to the operation handle, and configured to rotate the first lower locking lever in the direction of releasing the locking when rotating in the opening direction by the operation of the operation handle and to rotate the second lower locking lever in the direction of releasing the locking when rotating in a closing direction by the operation of the operation handle;
- an upper rail comprising an upper guide groove to slidingly support guide pins provided on an upper portion of the frame;
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- a lower rail comprising a lower guide groove to slidingly support guide pins provided on a lower portion of the frame, wherein the upper guide groove and the lower guide groove each comprise a curved guide portion configured to induce the guide pins to an outdoor side so that an outer surface of the operation glass forms the same plane as an outer surface of the fixed glass when the operation glass is completely closed.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- a fixed glass coupled to the vehicle body;
- an operation glass comprising a glass portion and a frame and configured to open and close an opening of the fixed glass by sliding in a lateral direction;
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- a locking device configured to lock and unlock the operation glass, wherein the locking device comprises:
- an operation handle installed on the frame to be rotated left and right and configured to be restored to its original state by a restoration spring;
- an upper locking lever installed on an upper side of the frame and configured to lock the operation glass by rotating in a locking direction by an elastic restoring force when the operation glass is completely closed;
- a first lower locking lever installed on a lower side of the frame and configured to lock the operation glass by rotating in the locking direction by an elastic restoring force when the operation glass is completely closed;
- a second lower locking lever installed on the lower side of the frame and configured to lock the operation glass by rotating in the locking direction by an elastic restoring force when the operation glass is completely opened;
- an upper operation member installed on the upper side of the frame, connected to the operation handle, and configured to rotate the upper locking lever in a direction of releasing the locking when rotating in an opening direction by an operation of the operation handle;
- a lower operation member installed on the lower side of the frame, connected to the operation handle, and configured to rotate the first lower locking lever in the direction of releasing the locking when rotating in the opening direction by the operation of the operation handle and to rotate the second lower locking lever in the direction of releasing the locking when rotating in a closing direction by the operation of the operation handle;
- an upper rail comprising an upper guide groove to slidingly support guide pins provided on an upper portion of the frame;
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- a lower rail comprising a lower guide groove to slidingly support guide pins provided on a lower portion of the frame, wherein the upper guide groove and the lower guide groove each comprise a curved guide portion configured to induce the guide pins to an outdoor side so that an outer surface of the operation glass forms the same plane as an outer surface of the fixed glass when the operation glass is completely closed.
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A flush glass apparatus comprising:
- an operation glass comprising a glass portion and a frame and configured to open and close an opening of a fixed glass by sliding in a lateral direction;
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- an operation handle installed on the frame to be rotated left and right and configured to be restored to its original state by a restoration spring;
- an upper locking lever installed on an upper side of the frame and configured to lock the operation glass by rotating in a locking direction by an elastic restoring force when the operation glass is completely closed;
- a first lower locking lever installed on a lower side of the frame and configured to lock the operation glass by rotating in the locking direction by an elastic restoring force when the operation glass is completely closed;
- a second lower locking lever installed on the lower side of the frame and configured to lock the operation glass by rotating in the locking direction by an elastic restoring force when the operation glass is completely opened;
- an upper operation member installed on the upper side of the frame, connected to the operation handle, and configured to rotate the upper locking lever in a direction of releasing the locking when rotating in an opening direction by an operation of the operation handle;
- a lower operation member installed on the lower side of the frame, connected to the operation handle, and configured to rotate the first lower locking lever in the direction of releasing the locking when rotating in the opening direction by the operation of the operation handle and to rotate the second lower locking lever in the direction of releasing the locking when rotating in a closing direction by the operation of the operation handle;
- an upper rail comprising an upper guide groove to slidingly support guide pins provided on an upper portion of the frame;
- a lower rail comprising a lower guide groove to slidingly support guide pins provided on a lower portion of the frame, wherein the upper guide groove and the lower guide groove each comprise a curved guide portion configured to induce the guide pins to an outdoor side so that an outer surface of the operation glass forms the same plane as an outer surface of the fixed glass when the operation glass is completely closed and wherein the upper guide groove and the lower guide groove each further comprise a locking groove formed deeper upward or downward than the upper guide groove or the lower guide groove so that the upper locking lever or the first lower locking lever is caught thereon in a state in which the operation glass is completely closed;
- an upper connection shaft connecting the upper operation member and the operation handle and rotatably supported on the frame;
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- a lower connection shaft connecting the lower operation member and the operation handle and rotatably supported on the frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.