US 2021/0332633 A1Published application

Gate opening and closing assistance device for vehicle

AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation

InventorJung Hoon PARK

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Abstract

A gate opening and closing assistance device for a vehicle includes: a gas lifter including a cylinder filled with a compressible material, and a cylinder rod inserted into the cylinder to slide relative to the cylinder by compression or expansion of the compressible material; an inner housing which extends in a direction in which the cylinder rod extends, has one end coupled to one end of the cylinder rod to be slid together according to the sliding of the cylinder rod, and has an inner circumferential surface in contact with the cylinder while surrounding the gas lifter from the outside; and an outer housing which extends in a direction in which the cylinder extends, has a first end coupled to one end of the cylinder, has a second end through which the inner housing inserted, and surrounds a portion or the whole of the inner housing.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A gate opening and closing assistance device for a vehicle, comprising:

a gas lifter including:
a cylinder configured to:
extend in a longitudinal direction of the gas lifter, and
be filled with a compressible material therein;
and
a cylinder rod configured to:
extend in the longitudinal direction of the gas lifter, insert into the cylinder, and
slide relative to the cylinder by compression or expansion of the compressible material of the cylinder;
an inner housing configured to:
extend in the longitudinal direction,
have one end coupled to one end of the cylinder rod to be slid together according to the sliding of the cylinder rod, and
have an inner circumferential surface in contact with the cylinder while surrounding the gas lifter;
and
an outer housing configured to:
extend in the longitudinal direction, surround the inner housing, and include a first end coupled to one end of the cylinder, and a second end through which the inner housing is inserted.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.