Vehicle door check mechanism and vehicle door opening and closing apparatus having the same
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorJe Won Choi
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Abstract
A vehicle door check mechanism includes a strap body mounted on a portion of a vehicle door adjacent to a rotation axis of the vehicle door, and configured to move with the vehicle door as the vehicle door swings around the rotation axis, and a hold unit configured to allow the strap body to be held at regular intervals, wherein the strap body is curved to have a predetermined curvature radius. A center of the curvature radius is located on the rotation axis of the vehicle door, and the strap body has a fixed end which is fixed to the vehicle door, and a free end which is spaced apart from the vehicle door.
Claims19
A vehicle door check mechanism comprising:
- a strap body to be mounted on a portion of a vehicle door adjacent to a rotation axis of the vehicle door,
- wherein the strap body is configured to move with the vehicle door when the vehicle door swings around the rotation axis,
- wherein the strap body is curved to have a predetermined curvature radius,
- wherein a center of the curvature radius is located on the rotation axis of the vehicle door, and
- wherein the strap body has a fixed end that is fixed to the vehicle door and a free end that is spaced apart from the vehicle door;
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- a holder configured to hold the strap body at regular intervals.
A vehicle door check mechanism comprising:
- a strap body to be mounted on a portion of a vehicle door adjacent to a rotation axis of the vehicle door, the strap body configured to move with the vehicle door as the vehicle door swings around the rotation axis, wherein the strap body is curved to have a predetermined curvature radius, a center of the curvature radius being located on the rotation axis of the vehicle door;
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- a hold unit having a plurality of recesses spaced apart from each other, each recess configured to selectively receive a portion of the strap body.
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- a vehicle door;
- a rail mounted on the vehicle body;
- a roller unit mounted on the vehicle door, and configured to allow the vehicle door to open and close in one mode selected from a sliding mode and a swing mode, wherein in the sliding mode the vehicle door is configured to slide along the rail, and in the swing mode the vehicle door is configured to swing in a predetermined position of the rail;
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- a vehicle door check mechanism disposed between the vehicle door and the roller unit, wherein the vehicle door check mechanism comprises:
- a strap body mounted on a portion of the vehicle door adjacent to a rotation axis of the vehicle door, the strap body configured to move with the vehicle door as the vehicle door swings around the rotation axis, wherein the strap body is curved to have a predetermined curvature radius;
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- a hold unit configured to allow the strap body to be held at regular intervals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.