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US 12,196,013 B2Granted
Door system
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsThuan D. Doan, Ali Tavakoli Targhi, Steven H. Klotz, Donald R. Monroe
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Abstract
A striker system includes a chassis, a striker, an actuator, and a controller. The striker is pivotable relative to the chassis and configured to be received by and couple to a latch. The actuator is configured to pivot the striker. The controller operates the actuator to pivot the striker relative to the chassis in a range of motion greater than 60 degrees.
Claims17
A striker system for a vehicle door, comprising:
- a chassis;
- a striker pivotable relative to the chassis and configured to couple to a latch of a door;
- a cam system including:
- a cam coupled to the striker to rotate with the striker, the cam including a cam slot that extends orthogonal to the striker;
- and
- a cam follower coupled to a gear and positioned within the cam slot;
- an actuator configured to rotate the gear to move the cam follower within the cam slot to pivot the striker relative to the chassis in a range of motion greater than 60 degrees;
- and
- a controller that operates the actuator.
6 more elements
A door system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a door that is movable relative to a door opening of a vehicle body between an open position and a closed position;
- a door actuator that moves the door relative to the door opening;
- a latch coupled to the door;
- a striker that is movable relative to the vehicle body between a stowed position in which the striker is biased away from the door opening and a deployed position in which the striker is configured to be received by and couple to the latch of the door;
- a cam system including:
- a cam coupled to the striker, the cam including a cam slot that extends orthogonal to the striker;
- and
- a cam follower positioned within the cam slot;
- a striker actuator that moves the cam follower to move the striker between the stowed position and the deployed position;
- and
- a controller that operates the door actuator and the striker actuator to move the striker from the stowed position to the deployed position while the door is moved from the open position toward the closed position.
8 more elements
A door system for a passenger vehicle, comprising:
- a striker configured to couple to a latch of a door;
- an actuator that moves the striker;
- a cam system including:
- a cam coupled to the striker, the cam including a cam slot that extends orthogonal to the striker;
- and
- a cam follower coupled to the actuator and positioned within the cam slot;
- and
- a controller,
- wherein the controller operates the actuator to move the cam follower within the cam slot to move the striker between and hold the striker at each of a first predetermined position in which the striker is configured to not couple to the latch of the door, a second predetermined position in which the striker is configured to be received by and couple to the latch of the door, and a third predetermined position between the first predetermined position and the second predetermined position in which the striker is configured to be coupled to the latch of the door.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.