Sliding door device for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12281506-B2
Application number	US-202217895417-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 25, 2022
Priority date	Dec 13, 2021
Publication date	Apr 22, 2025
Grant date	Apr 22, 2025

Abstract

A sliding door device for a vehicle, includes: a door that opens or closes a door opening formed in a vehicle body; a door arm having a first end portion connected to the inside of the door and to extend toward a side sill of the vehicle body; a mover disposed to face the door and to be movable along the side sill; a body arm having a first end portion connected to one side of the mover, wherein the body arm is disposed in parallel to the door arm to extend toward the inside of the door; and a roller having an edge portion, respectively coupled to the door arm and the body arm so that the door arm and the body arm relatively move to each other in accordance with rotation of the roller.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sliding door apparatus for a vehicle, the sliding door apparatus comprising:
a door that opens or closes a door opening formed in a vehicle body;
a door arm having a first end portion connected to the inside of the door and to extend toward a side sill of the vehicle body;
a mover disposed to face the door and to be movable along the side sill;
a body arm having a first end portion connected to one side of the mover, wherein the body arm is disposed in parallel to the door arm to extend toward the inside of the door; and
a roller having an edge portion, respectively coupled to the door arm and the body arm so that the door arm and the body arm relatively move with respect to each other in accordance with rotation of the roller,
wherein the roller is rotatably accommodated inside a case, and
wherein the case is coupled to a roller pin provided at a center portion of the roller.

2. The sliding door apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the door arm and the body arm are accommodated inside the case, and
wherein the door arm and the case are configured to move toward the outside of the door in accordance with rotation of the roller.

3. The sliding door apparatus of claim 1 , wherein at an edge portion of an upper surface of the roller, first and second roller guide pins protruding from the upper surface and disposed to face each other in relation to the roller pin are provided.

4. The sliding door apparatus of claim 3 ,
wherein the first roller guide pin is inserted into a door arm slot formed in an end side of the door arm,
wherein the second roller guide pin is inserted into a body arm slot formed in an end side of the body arm, and
wherein the door arm and the body arm relatively move with respect to each other while the first and second roller guide pins move along the door arm slot and the body arm slot by rotation of the roller.

5. The sliding door apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the door arm slot and the body arm slot are aligned in a longitudinal direction of the side sill.

6. The sliding door apparatus of claim 4 ,
wherein the first and second roller guide pins are provided at first and second sides of the roller,
wherein the door arm slot and the body arm slot are formed at an upper side of a second end portion of the door arm and a lower side of a second end portion of the body arm, and
wherein the first and second roller guide pins are inserted into the door arm slot and the body arm slot at the first and second sides.

7. The sliding door apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a moving guide pin is provided on a surface of the case, and the moving guide pin is inserted into a side sill rail formed on the side sill to guide the mover to linearly move along the side sill.

8. The sliding door apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the side sill rail includes a first portion formed to extend toward a vertical direction of the vehicle body, and a second portion formed to extend in a longitudinal direction of the side sill from the first portion.

9. The sliding door apparatus of claim 8 , wherein when the door is opened and closed, the roller rotates so that the door arm and the body arm move to be away from each other in the vertical direction of the vehicle body, and the mover operates to move along the first portion of the side sill rail.

10. The sliding door apparatus of claim 9 , wherein when the door is opened and closed, after the roller stops rotating, the mover operates to linearly move along the second portion of the side sill rail.

11. The sliding door apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein a pair of cable pins disposed to face each other based on the roller pin are provided at an external end portion of the roller, and
wherein a cable is connected to the cable pins to operate so that the roller is rotated by tension applied to the cable.

12. The sliding door apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the door arm and the body arm are provided with first and second layers in a vertical direction of the vehicle body, and the roller is disposed between the door arm and the body arm provided with the first and second layers.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Corp

Inventors

• Lee Jaeseung

Classifications

• B60J5/06 Primary

  slidable; foldable · CPC title

• E05D15/0678

  on balls or floating rollers · CPC title

• E05D2015/1086

  swingingly, e.g. on arms · CPC title

• B60J5/044

  the elements being flexible, e.g. belts, cables or wires · CPC title

• B60J5/047

  characterised by the opening or closing movement · CPC title