Door trim cover device for vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorHyong Don Kim
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Abstract
A door trim cover device for a vehicle is configured so that in a vehicle including no B-pillar, a trim cover is raised by operation of an actuator to enable an operation of opening or closing a door without interference between a lower striker and a door trim while the door is opened or closed with respect to the lower striker on a side sill fastened to a lower latch of the door, and the trim cover is lowered by a reverse operation of the actuator in a closed state of the door so that the trim cover is matched with a body weather strip together with the door trim.
Claims14
A trim cover apparatus for a vehicle door, the trim cover apparatus comprising:
- an actuator mounted at one side of a door while facing a striker on a side sill of a vehicle body;
- a gear assembly rotatably mounted on a wheel shaft and including a worm wheel and a pinion that are connected to each other and rotated by the actuator;
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- a trim cover connected to a rack bar that engages with the pinion to open or close an opening portion in the door that the striker enters or exits.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.