Detachable modular door for a vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Ajin Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsDoo-Young Jung, Ki-Hyun Choi, Hyung-Sik Choi, Jeung-Tae Kim, Nam-Hee Yun, Hoon-Ju Jo
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Abstract
A detachable modular vehicle door includes a frame module hinge-connected to a vehicle and configured to be opened and closed, a skin module assembled to the frame module and configured to cover an outside of the frame module, and an interior module disposed inside the frame module and configured to cover an inside of the frame module and assembled to the skin module with the frame module interposed therebetween.
Claims15
A detachable modular door for a vehicle, the door comprising:
- a frame module hinge-connected to the vehicle and configured to be opened and closed;
- a skin module assembled to the frame module and configured to cover an outside of the frame module;
- an interior module disposed inside the frame module and configured to cover an inside of the frame module and assembled to the skin module with the frame module interposed therebetween,
- wherein the skin module includes
- a skin panel exposed to an outside of the skin module, and
- a fastening panel disposed inside the skin panel, attached to the skin panel, and coupled to the interior module,
- wherein a reference hole consisting of a single aperture is provided at a predetermined position relative to the fastening panel,
- wherein a plurality of coupling holes is provided along a perimeter of the fastening panel at intervals,
- wherein a washer hole is provided in a portion of the fastening panel in which each of the plurality of coupling holes is provided,
- wherein a washer is fitted in each washer hole and a fastening member of a fastening unit coupling the interior module to the skin module is installed on each washer, and
- wherein each washer hole is an elongated hole along a virtual line intersecting a center of each washer hole and the reference hole.
A detachable modular door for a vehicle, the door comprising:
- a frame module hinge-connected to the vehicle and configured to be opened and closed;
- a skin module assembled to the frame module and configured to cover an outside of the frame module;
- and
- an interior module disposed inside the frame module and configured to cover an inside of the frame module and assembled to the skin module with the frame module interposed therebetween,
- wherein the interior module includes
- a window glass installed on the door to move up and down,
- a regulator configured to move the window glass up and down,
- a trim disposed to be exposed to an interior of the vehicle,
- an inner panel to which the regulator and the trim are assembled, and
- a fastening unit installed on the trim for coupling the interior module to the skin module,
- wherein a reference hole and a plurality of coupling holes to which the interior module is fastened are formed in a fastening panel,
- wherein the fastening unit includes
- a plurality of fastening members passing through the frame module, fitted into the reference hole and each of the plurality of coupling holes formed in the fastening panel of the skin module, and installed at intervals,
- a wire connecting and interworking the fastening members, and
- a manipulation lever rotatably installed at one side of the trim and configured to manipulate the wire by rotation, and
- wherein, based on the manipulation lever being rotated, the fastening member is rotated and compressed to expand a diameter of the fastening member in a width discretion and fixed to the reference hole and the plurality of coupling holes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.