Door connecting device for vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsHyungin Yun, Chungsik Yim
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Abstract
A door connecting device for a vehicle to which opposite swing doors including a rear door and a front door is applied, the opposite swing doors being configured to be opened or closed by a relative movement between the rear door and the front door, includes a lever rotatably mounted on one of the front door and the rear door and configured to be rotated by the relative movement between the rear door and the front door; a catcher disposed on one of the front door and the rear door and configured to rotate in conjunction with a rotation of the lever; and a cable connecting the lever and the catcher and configured to transmit a rotation force caused by the relative movement to the catcher when the lever rotates.
Claims11
A door connecting apparatus for a vehicle to which opposite swing doors including a rear door and a front door is applied, the opposite swing doors being configured to be opened or closed by a relative movement between the rear door and the front door, the door connecting apparatus comprising:
- a lever rotatably mounted on one of the front door and the rear door and configured to be rotated by the relative movement between the rear door and the front door;
- a catcher rotatably mounted on the one of the front door and the rear door and configured to rotate in conjunction with a rotation of the lever;
- and
- a cable connecting the lever and the catcher and configured to transmit a rotation force caused by the relative movement to the catcher when the lever rotates,
- wherein the cable is configured to be pulled by the rotation of the lever and rotate the catcher in a rotation direction of the lever,
- wherein the cable is connected to a holder provided at a first end portion of the catcher, and
- wherein when the cable is pulled, the holder rotates, and the holder rotates the catcher.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.