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US 12,421,773 B2Granted
Door latch device for vehicles
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Pyeong Hwa Automotive Co., Ltd.
InventorsHyong Don Kim, Jinwoo Nam, Dong Hee Ma, Hyeon Tae Park, Hyuk Noh, Hyun Duk Cho
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Abstract
A door latch device for vehicles may configure a pop-up guide unit at a location far from a hinge portion on a door by integrally forming the pop-up guide unit in a latch unit for keeping a locking state of the door in a vehicle without a B pillar, preventing a mutual sweeping phenomenon of a door or vehicle body-side weather strip during a pop-up operation process of the door.
Claims13
A door latch apparatus for a vehicle, the door latch apparatus comprising:
- a striker fixed to a vehicle body to correspond to one side of a lower portion of a door of the vehicle, wherein the door is opened or closed by dual motions of a pop-up operation and a swing operation through a hinge portion;
- a latch unit provided at one side of the lower portion of the door and restraining or releasing the striker through a claw lever and a pawl lever on a body;
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- a pop-up unit in which a guide groove is formed and integrally formed at a first side of the body of the latch unit at a predetermined angle to guide one side of the lower portion of the door by the striker during the pop-up operation,
- wherein the pop-up guide unit includes:
- a first guider integrally formed at a first side of the body, and
- a second guider including the guide groove including a predetermined gap between the second guider and the first guider, and integrally formed at a second side of the body,
- wherein an extension line is defined from a center point of the hinge portion and a restraining point of the striker, and the hinge portion defines a pop-up angle, wherein the pop-up angle and the predetermined angle are in relation to the extension line, and
- wherein, during the pop-up operation, the door is moved toward the interior of the vehicle, so that the pop-up angle and the predetermined angle are maintained during the pop-up operation.
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