Passenger ingress and egress assistance apparatus
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsKyu Hoon Cho, Jae Seung Lee, Soo Bok Kim, Dae Hee Lee, Hyoung Hwan Lim
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Abstract
An embodiment passenger ingress and egress assistance apparatus includes a case having a cavity defined therein, a moving body configured to move in the cavity of the case in a longitudinal direction of the case, a platform configured to be stowed in and deployed from the cavity of the case by a movement of the moving body, and a hinge mechanism configured to pivotally connect the platform to the moving body.
Claims17
An apparatus for passenger ingress and egress assistance, the apparatus comprising:
- a case having a cavity defined therein;
- a moving body configured to move in the cavity of the case in a longitudinal direction of the case;
- a platform configured to be stowed in and deployed from the cavity of the case by a movement of the moving body;
- and
- a hinge mechanism configured to pivotally connect the platform to the moving body,
- wherein:
- the hinge mechanism comprises a shaft disposed between the moving body and the platform,
- the platform is connected to the shaft by a first lift bar, a second lift bar, and a bracket assembly,
- a first end of the first lift bar and a first end of the second lift bar are connected to the bracket assembly,
- a second end of the first lift bar and a second end of the second lift bar are pivotally connected to the platform,
- the bracket assembly comprises a first bracket adjacent to the shaft and a second bracket spaced apart from the first bracket, and
- the first end of the first lift bar is fixed and connected to the shaft through a connector, and the first end of the second lift bar is connected to the first bracket and the second bracket through a pivot pin.
An apparatus for passenger ingress and egress assistance, the apparatus comprising:
- a case having a cavity defined therein;
- a moving body configured to move in the cavity of the case in a longitudinal direction of the case;
- a platform configured to be stowed in and deployed from the cavity of the case by a movement of the moving body;
- and
- a hinge mechanism configured to pivotally connect the platform to the moving body, the hinge mechanism comprising:
- a shaft disposed between the moving body and the platform;
- and
- an actuator configured to rotate the shaft,
- wherein:
- the platform is connected to the shaft by a first lift bar, a second lift bar, and a bracket assembly,
- a first end of the first lift bar and a first end of the second lift bar are connected to the bracket assembly,
- a second end of the first lift bar and a second end of the second lift bar are pivotally connected to the platform,
- the bracket assembly comprises a first bracket adjacent to the shaft and a second bracket spaced apart from the first bracket,
- the first end of the first lift bar is fixed and connected to the shaft through a connector,
- the first end of the second lift bar is connected to the first bracket and the second bracket through a pivot pin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.