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US 11,981,187 B2Granted
Hook assembly for door curtain of vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Nifco Korea Inc.
InventorsMin-Jung Kim, Jong-Woo Shim, Do-Won Kim, Yoo-Sung Doh
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Abstract
An embodiment hook assembly for a door curtain to be installed on a door panel of a vehicle, the hook assembly includes a hook body installed to penetrate a through hole formed in the door panel, and a hook pin having an upper end hinge-connected to an upper portion of the hook body, wherein in a state in which an upper portion of the hook pin is completely inserted into the hook body, a part of the hook body is in an opened state and the hook body is locked to a circumference of the through hole such that the hook body is fastened to the through hole.
Claims20
A hook assembly for a door curtain to be installed on a door panel of a vehicle, the hook assembly comprising:
- a hook body installed to penetrate a through hole formed in the door panel;
- and
- a hook pin having an upper end hinge-connected to an upper portion of the hook body and configured to open the hook body outward when inserted into the hook body;
- wherein the hook body comprises:
- a base contacting a bottom surface of the door panel;
- a fastening part formed upward from the base, positioned to penetrate the through hole formed in the door panel, and having an insertion groove formed therein;
- and
- a fixing wing part extending in a downward direction from an upper end of the fastening part;
- wherein the hook pin comprises an insertion part inserted into the insertion groove and a lever part extending downward from a lower end of the insertion part;
- wherein, in a preliminarily fastened state, the fastening part of the hook body is inserted into the insertion part of the hook pin while the lever part is not inserted into the hook body;
- and
- wherein, in a completely fastened state, an upper portion of the hook pin is inserted into the hook body and the fixing wing part is locked to the circumference of the through hole while the fixing wing part is opened such that the hook body is fastened to the through hole.
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A hook assembly for a door curtain to be installed on a door panel of a vehicle, the hook assembly comprising:
- a hook body installed to penetrate a through hole formed in the door panel, wherein the hook body comprises:
- a base contacting a bottom surface of the door panel;
- a fastening part formed upward from the base, positioned to penetrate the through hole formed in the door panel, and having an insertion groove formed therein;
- and
- a fixing wing part extending in a downward direction from an upper end of the fastening part;
- a hook pin having an upper end hinge-connected to an upper portion of the hook body and configured to open the hook body outward when inserted into the hook body;
- and
- a support part extending to be inclined downward from the upper end of the fastening part toward an inside of the vehicle in a width direction;
- wherein the hook pin comprises an insertion part inserted into the insertion groove and a lever part extending downward from a lower end of the insertion part;
- wherein, in a preliminarily fastened state, the fastening part of the hook body is inserted into the insertion part of the hook pin while the lever part is not inserted into the hook body;
- and
- wherein, in a completely fastened state, an upper portion of the hook pin is inserted into the hook body and the fixing wing part is locked to the circumference of the through hole while the fixing wing part is opened such that the hook body is fastened to the through hole.
9 more elements
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- a door coupled to the vehicle body;
- a door panel coupled to the door and having a through hole formed therein;
- a door curtain coupled to the door panel by a hook assembly;
- wherein the hook assembly comprises:
- a hook body comprising a base in contact with a bottom surface of the door panel, a fastening part formed upward from the base, positioned to penetrate the through hole in the door panel, and having an insertion groove formed therein, and a fixing wing part extending in a downward direction from an upper end of the fastening part;
- a hook pin having an upper end hinge-connected to an upper portion of the hook body;
- an extension extending downward from one end of the base;
- and
- a curtain fixing part extending from a lower end of the extension and having an upper end of the door curtain locked and fixed thereto;
- wherein the hook pin comprises an insertion part inserted into the insertion groove and a lever part extending downward from a lower end of the insertion part;
- wherein, in a preliminarily fastened state, the fastening part of the hook body is inserted into the insertion part of the hook pin while the lever part is not inserted into the hook body;
- and
- wherein, in a completely fastened state, an upper portion of the hook pin is inserted into the hook body and the fixing wing part is locked to the circumference of the through hole while the fixing wing part is opened such that the hook body is fastened to the through hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.