Vehicular door-opening-and-closing device
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorKuk Hyun Cho
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Abstract
An embodiment vehicular door-opening-and-closing device includes a latch, a striker configured to be lockably fitted into the latch, and a magnet configured to maintain the striker in a state of being fitted into the latch. In an embodiment, the magnet has a magnetic force exceeding a repulsive force of a weather strip generated by compression of the weather strip, and the magnetic force exceeds the repulsive force in an initial operation of opening a vehicle door.
Claims20
A door-opening-and-closing device for a vehicle, the vehicle having a door and a compressible weather strip mounted in a region of a surface of a body portion of the vehicle for sealing the door, the device comprising:
- a latch;
- a striker configured to be lockably fitted into an engaging groove of the latch when the door of vehicle is closed;
- and
- a permanent magnet configured to be mounted at a predetermined location of the body portion of the vehicle or the door, the permanent magnet configured to maintain the striker in a state of being fitted into the latch by magnetic attraction between the permanent magnet and the striker, wherein the permanent magnet has a magnetic force exceeding a repulsive force of the weather strip generated by compression of the weather strip and wherein the magnetic force exceeds the repulsive force in an initial operation of opening a vehicle door.
A door-opening-and-closing device for a vehicle, the vehicle having a door and a compressible weather strip mounted in a region of a surface of a body portion of the vehicle for sealing the door, the device comprising:
- a latch;
- a striker configured to be lockably fitted into the latch when the door of vehicle is closed;
- and
- an electromagnet configured to be mounted at a predetermined location of the body portion of the vehicle or the door, the electromagnet configured to maintain the striker in a state of being fitted into the latch by magnetic attraction between the electromagnet and the striker, wherein the electromagnet has a magnetic force exceeding a repulsive force of the weather strip generated by compression of the weather strip and wherein the magnetic force exceeds the repulsive force in an initial operation of opening a vehicle door.
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- a door coupled to the vehicle body;
- a weather strip disposed along an opening of the vehicle body;
- a latch mounted on the door;
- a striker mounted on the vehicle body and configured to be lockably fitted into an engaging groove of the latch when the door is closed;
- and
- a magnet configured to be mounted at a predetermined location of the vehicle body or the door, the magnet configured to maintain the striker in a state of being fitted into the latchky magnetic attraction between the magnet and the striker, wherein the magnet has a magnetic force exceeding a repulsive force of the weather strip generated by compression of the weather strip and wherein the magnetic force exceeds the repulsive force in an initial operation of opening the door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.