US 12,496,883 B2 · Vehicle door opening/closing system

Abstract

An embodiment vehicle door opening/closing system includes an inner panel defining a door open portion of a vehicle, the inner panel including an installation groove having a protruding or recessed shape, a driving device disposed in the installation groove of the inner panel, and a link mechanism installed on a chassis through a rotating shaft, a first end of the link mechanism being connected to the driving device such that power is transferred thereto, and a second end of the link mechanism being connected to a door such that, during driving of the driving device, the link mechanism rotates with reference to the rotating shaft to open/close the door.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A vehicle door opening/closing system, the system comprising:

an inner panel defining a door open portion of a vehicle, the inner panel comprising an installation groove having a protruding or recessed shape;
a driving device disposed in the installation groove of the inner panel;
and
a link mechanism installed on a chassis through a rotating shaft, a first end of the link mechanism being connected to the driving device such that power is transferred thereto, and a second end of the link mechanism being connected to a door such that, during driving of the driving device, the link mechanism rotates with reference to the rotating shaft to open/close the door.

1 more element

A vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body comprising a floor and a roof;
an inner panel defining a door open portion of the vehicle, the inner panel comprising an installation groove having a protruding or recessed shape;
a driving device disposed in the installation groove of the inner panel;
and
a link mechanism installed on a chassis through a rotating shaft, a first end of the link mechanism being connected to the driving device such that power is transferred thereto, and a second end of the link mechanism being connected to a door such that, during driving of the driving device, the link mechanism rotates with reference to the rotating shaft to open/close the door.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/158,260Filed 23 Jan 2023

Priority

KR 10-2022-010569023 Aug 2022

Published

US 2024/0066960 A129 Feb 2024

Granted

16 Dec 2025

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

B60J 5/0463
Arranged at the vehicle sides: conceptual assembling of door, i.e. how door frame parts should be fitted together to form door
E05D 15/34
With two pairs of pivoted arms: with wings opening parallel to themselves
E05F 15/63
For swinging wings: operated by swinging arms
B60J 5/0479
With two doors opening in opposite direction: without B-pillar or releasable B-pillar, i.e. the pillar is moving with door

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Abstract

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