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US 9,593,520 B2Granted
Sliding door module structure for vehicle
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorJae Hong Choi
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Abstract
A sliding door module structure for a vehicle may include a module bracket on which a door associated component is mounted, and a door rail formed integrally with the module bracket and coupled with a slider configured to be connected to a vehicle body to be movable.
Claims7
A sliding door module structure for a vehicle, comprising:
- a module bracket;
- and
- a door rail formed integrally with the module bracket and coupled with a slider configured to be connected to a vehicle body to be movable,
- wherein the door rail is formed to protrude to an inside of a vehicle compartment, and the door rail is formed to extend in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle to include each of a front fore-end and a rear fore-end, and the front fore-end and the rear fore-end are each mounted on a door inner panel through a mounting bracket,
- wherein the door rail includes:
- a rectangular rail body;
- a curved upper guide rail integrally formed with the rectangular rail body and protruding from an upper portion of the rail body in a height direction of the vehicle;
- and
- a curved lower guide rail protruding from a lower portion of the rail body in the height direction of the vehicle, and wherein the mounting bracket includes:
- two support grooves, into which the upper guide rail and the lower guide rail are inserted, respectively to be supported;
- a support flange deployed between two support grooves and supporting the rectangular rail body while surface-contacting the rectangular rail body;
- and
- a fastening flange which extends from each of the support grooves to be fastened to the door inner panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.