# US 12,759,818 B2 · Docking system between vehicle and building and control method therefor

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- Number: US 12,759,818 B2
- Document ID: US12759818B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 19/071,460
- Filed: 2025-03-05
- Published: 2025-06-19
- Granted: 2026-10-13
- Earliest claimed: 2022-10-18
- Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation
- Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation
- Inventors: Ki Hyun Choi; Hyung Sik Choi; Sun In You; Sang Heon Lee; Ji Hyun Song; Won Chan Lee
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12759818B2

## CPC

- B65G 69/008: {Dock- or bumper-seals}
- E06B 1/04: Frames for doors, windows, or the like to be fixed in openings ({of curvilinear outline E06B1/006; } special adaptations for fixing in base frames E06B1/02; features relating solely to the mounting of glass panes or other sheets E06B3/00)
- E06B 1/70: Sills; Thresholds
- E06B 2001/707: {Thresholds with special provision for insulation}
- B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D)
- E06B: FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES (shades or blinds for greenhouses A01G9/22; curtains A47H; lids for car boots or bonnets B62D25/10; skylights E04B7/18; sunshades, awnings E04F10/00)

## Abstract

A docking system between a vehicle and a building and a control method therefor include an entrance frame configured to extend in a direction towards a vehicle door, an external door provided at a side of the vehicle door to be opened, an internal door spaced from the external door and provided at a side of the building to be opened, and a sealing unit inserted into the entrance frame to be provided between the external door and the internal door, and configured to selectively extend in the direction toward the vehicle door to connect an internal space of the vehicle and an indoor space of the building into one space.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of controlling docking between a vehicle and a building, the method comprising:
receiving, by a controller, a docking request from the vehicle in a state in which parking of the vehicle is completed;
opening, by the controller, an external door, provided at a side of a vehicle door, according to the received docking request;
extending, by the controller, a sealing unit, inserted within an entrance frame provided between the external door and an internal door, and configured to selectively extend in a direction toward the vehicle door in an opened state of the external door to connect and form an internal space of the vehicle and an indoor space of the building into one space; and
opening, by the controller, the internal door, spaced from the external door and provided at a side of the building, in an opened state of the vehicle door,
wherein the receiving of the docking request from the vehicle, the opening of the external door, the extending of the sealing unit, the opening of the vehicle door, and the opening of the internal door are proceeded in sequence.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further including opening, by the controller, the vehicle door by rotating the vehicle door within the sealing unit, when the internal space of the vehicle and the indoor space of the building are connected by extending the sealing unit in the direction toward the vehicle door.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further including:
receiving, by the controller, a docking release request from the vehicle in an opened state of the internal door; and
closing, by the controller, the internal door according to the received docking release request.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further including coupling, by the controller, the sealing unit to a body frame of the vehicle, when the internal space of the vehicle and the indoor space of the building are connected by extending the sealing unit in the direction toward the vehicle door.