Sealing Assembly for Twin Swing Gate
AssigneesHyundai MotorCompany, Kia Corporation
InventorsJe-Yeon Kim, Jang-Hoon Kim, Jae-Yun Lee, Dong-Hee Ma, Min-Hyoung Ahn
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Abstract
An embodiment is a sealing assembly for a twin swing gate of a vehicle, the sealing assembly including a first gate of which an outside end portion is hinge-connected to a vehicle, a second gate of which an outside end portion is hinge-connected to the vehicle and configured to be rotated in a direction opposite to rotation of the first gate, and a center bar unit along a height direction of the vehicle on an inside end portion of the first gate, the center bar being configured to rotate in conjunction with opening or closing the first gate.
Claims19
A sealing assembly for a twin swing gate of a vehicle, the sealing assembly comprising:
- a first gate of which an outside end portion is hinge-connected to the vehicle;
- a second gate of which an outside end portion is hinge-connected to the vehicle and configured to be rotated in a direction opposite to rotation of the first gate;
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- a center bar unit installed along a height direction of the vehicle on an inside end portion of the first gate, the center bar being configured to rotate in conjunction with opening or closing the first gate such that the center bar is brought into contact with an inside end portion of the second gate when the first gate is closed and is spaced away from the inside end portion of the second gate when the first gate is open.
A twin swing gate of a vehicle, the twin swing gate comprising:
- a first gate hinge-connected to the vehicle;
- a second gate hinge-connected to the vehicle and configured to be rotated in a direction opposite to rotation of the first gate;
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- a center bar installed along a height direction of the vehicle on an inside end portion of the first gate, the center bar comprises:
- a first weatherstrip fitted onto one side of the center bar and configured to seal between the center bar and the first gate;
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- a second weatherstrip fitted onto the other side of the center bar and configured to seal between the center bar and the second gate, the center bar being configured to rotate in conjunction with opening or closing the first gate.
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