Vehicle-building docking system and method of controlling the same
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsKi Hyun Choi, Hyung Sik Choi, Sang Heon Lee
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Abstract
A vehicle-building docking system and a method of controlling the same include a lower weather strip coupled to a lower door frame, an upper weather strip coupled to an upper door frame and configured to slide upwards or downwards together with the upper door frame with respect to the lower weather strip, and a sealing tube provided between the lower weather strip and the upper weather strip and configured to inflate after the upper weather strip slides upwards or downwards to seal the gap between the lower weather strip and the upper weather strip.
Claims17
A vehicle-building docking system, the docking system comprising:
- a lower weather strip coupled to a lower door frame;
- an upper weather strip coupled to an upper door frame and configured to slide upwards or downwards together with the upper door frame with respect to the lower weather strip;
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- a sealing tube provided between the lower weather strip and the upper weather strip and configured to inflate after the upper weather strip slides upwards or downwards to seal a gap between the lower weather strip and the upper weather strip.
A method of controlling a vehicle-building docking system, the docking system including a lower weather strip coupled to a lower door frame, an upper weather strip coupled to an upper door frame, and a sealing tube provided between the lower weather strip and the upper weather strip, the method comprising:
- sliding, by a controller, the upper weather strip upwards or downwards together with the upper door frame with respect to the lower weather strip;
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- sealing, by the controller, a gap between the lower weather strip and the upper weather strip by inflating the sealing tube after the upper weather strip slides upwards or downwards.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.