Door connection structure
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorHyungin YUN
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Abstract
A door connection structure includes a door guide for guiding a door in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle body, a door hinge arm mounted on the vehicle body, and including a hinge rotation shaft and a door rotation shaft, the door hinge arm rotating around the hinge rotation shaft when the door is sliding, a door hinge rotatably mounted around the door rotation shaft and connected to the door, a first catcher rotatably mounted on the door hinge arm and of which a center striker guide is formed thereto, and a center striker which is inserted into the center striker guide to rotate the first catcher and limits rotation of the first catcher when the door swings so that the door swings around the door rotation shaft.
Claims20
A door connection structure comprising:
- a door guide for guiding a door in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body;
- a door hinge arm mounted on the vehicle body, and including a hinge rotation shaft and a door rotation shaft, wherein the door hinge arm rotates around the hinge rotation shaft when the door is sliding;
- a door hinge rotatably mounted around the door rotation shaft and connected to the door;
- a first catcher rotatably mounted on the door hinge arm and of which a center striker guide is formed thereto;
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- a center striker which is inserted into the center striker guide to rotate the first catcher and limits rotation of the first catcher when the door swings so that the door swings around the door rotation shaft.
A door connection structure comprising:
- a door guide for guiding a door in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body;
- a door hinge arm mounted on the vehicle body, and including a hinge rotation shaft, wherein the door hinge arm rotates around the hinge rotation shaft when the door is sliding;
- a first catcher rotatably mounted on the door hinge arm and of which a center striker guide is formed thereto;
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- a center striker which is inserted into the center striker guide to rotate the first catcher and limits rotation of the first catcher when the door swings so that the door swings around the door rotation shaft.
A door connection structure comprising:
- a door guide including a guide striker mounted on a vehicle body and a guide body mounted on a door, wherein the guide striker guides the guide body when the door slides and the guide striker is separated from the guide body when the door swings;
- a door hinge arm rotating around a hinge rotation shaft when the door slides;
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- a door hinge connected to the door, and rotating around a door rotation shaft when the door swings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.