External variable opening and closing apparatus
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorsJin Young Yoon, Dong Eun Cha, Hong Heui Lee, Jae Sup Byun, Jang Ho Kim
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Abstract
An external variable opening and closing apparatus includes a housing having an opening portion, a flap unit provided in the opening portion to open or close the opening portion according to a tilting position of the flap unit in tilting in the housing, and a drive unit including a driver and an actuating member, wherein the actuating member is movably engaged to the housing and the flap unit is connected to the actuating member so that a tilting position of the flap unit switches in response to activation of the driver.
Claims20
An external variable opening and closing apparatus comprising:
- a housing including an opening portion;
- a flap unit provided in the opening portion to open or close the opening portion according to a tilting position of the flap unit in tilting in the housing;
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- a drive unit including a driver and an actuating member, wherein the actuating member is movably engaged to the housing and the flap unit is connected to the actuating member so that the tilting position of the flap unit switches in response to activation of the driver,
- wherein the flap unit includes a panel portion, and
- wherein the panel portion is offset from a pivot point connected to the housing such that the panel portion translates along a rotation radius about the pivot point during tilting.
An external variable opening and closing apparatus comprising:
- a housing including a plurality of opening portions;
- a plurality of flap units movably provided in each opening portion to open or close each opening portion according to tilting positions of the flap units in tilting in the housing;
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- a plurality of drive units, each drive unit including a driver and an actuating member, wherein the actuating member is movably engaged to the housing and each flap unit is connected to the actuating member so that the tilting positions of the flap units switches switch in response to activation of the driver,
- wherein the actuating member includes a plurality of guide holes,
- wherein each of the plurality of flap units includes a panel portion and a moving shaft,
- wherein the moving shaft includes:
- a first-side center shaft portion and a second-side center shaft portion spaced apart across the opening portion and rotatably connected to the housing;
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- a rotating shaft portion spaced apart in an orthogonal direction from the first-side center shaft portion or the second-side center shaft portion and inserted into the guide holes,
- wherein the panel portion is connected to the first-side center shaft portion and the second-side center shaft portion and disposed in an orthogonal direction at a distance from a point where each center shaft portion is connected to the housing.
An external variable opening and closing apparatus comprising:
- a housing including an opening portion;
- a flap unit including a panel portion and a moving shaft, wherein the panel portion opens or closes the opening portion according to a tilting position of the flap unit around the moving shaft;
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- a drive unit including a driver for generating power and an actuating member movably provided in the housing and including a plurality of guide holes with a straight or curved region, wherein the moving shaft of the flap unit is connected to the guide holes so that the tilting position of the flap unit switches in response to activation of the driver,
- wherein the guide holes in the actuating member include a maintenance region and a tilting region, and
- wherein an opening and closing timing of the opening portion is adjusted based on a length ratio or a shape of the maintenance region and the tilting region,
- wherein the moving shaft includes:
- a first-side center shaft portion and a second-side center shaft portion spaced apart across the opening portion and rotatably connected to the housing;
- and
- a rotating shaft portion spaced apart in an orthogonal direction from the first-side center shaft portion or the second-side center shaft portion and inserted into the guide holes,
- wherein the panel portion is connected to the first-side center shaft portion and the second-side center shaft portion and disposed in an orthogonal direction at a distance from a point where each center shaft portion is connected to the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.