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US 12,703,306 B2Granted
Frunk for vehicles
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorJu Wan Han
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Abstract
A frunk for a vehicle includes a lower part, which is formed in a container shape having a loading space defined therein, and an upper part, which has an opening formed therein so as to be covered by a hood, is assembled to the upper end of the lower part, and is pressed by the hood and separated from the lower part when load equal to or greater than a predetermined value is applied onto the hood.
Claims14
A frunk for a vehicle, the frunk comprising:
- a lower part that defines a loading space therein;
- an upper part that is coupled to an upper end of the lower part and defines an opening above the loading space, the upper part being configured to be covered by a hood of the vehicle;
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- a locking module configured to, based on a position of the hood relative to the frunk, couple the lower part and the upper part to each other or decouple the lower part and the upper part from each other,
- wherein the lower part defines a locking through-hole at a side surface of the lower part,
- wherein the locking module comprises a latch element configured to selectively engage with the locking through-hole to couple the lower part and the upper part to each other or to disengage from the locking through-hole to decouple the lower part and the upper part based on a change of the position of the hood, and
- wherein the upper part is configured to, based on a load greater than or equal to a predetermined value being applied to the upper part through the hood, be pressed by the hood and separated from the lower part.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.