Door opening and closing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12337666-B2
Application number	US-202217933706-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 20, 2022
Priority date	Oct 28, 2021
Publication date	Jun 24, 2025
Grant date	Jun 24, 2025

Abstract

A door opening and closing device includes a slider and a main link mechanism. The slider moves along a roof of the vehicle body in a front-rear direction, while supporting a proximal end portion of a back door in such a way as to be rotatable around an axis extending in a width direction. The main link mechanism includes one end and an opposite end rotatably coupled to the vehicle body and the back door, respectively. The main link mechanism adjusts a posture of the back door, depending on a door opening degree by changing a distance between a coupling point to the vehicle body and a coupling point to the back door. The main link mechanism decreases the distance as the door opening degree becomes larger.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A door opening and closing device being applied to a vehicle including a vehicle body that includes a door opening; and a door that opens and closes the door opening, a part in the door corresponding to an upper end portion of the door opening when the door is at a fully closing position of fully closing the door opening is defined as a proximal end portion of the door, the door opening and closing device comprising:
a slider that moves along a roof of the vehicle body in a direction intersecting with a width direction of the door, in a state of supporting the proximal end portion of the door in such a way as to be rotatable around an axis extending in the width direction;
a main link mechanism that includes one end rotatably coupled to the vehicle body and an opposite end rotatably coupled to the door, and adjusts a posture of the door, depending on a door opening degree by changing a distance between coupling points that is a distance between a coupling point to the vehicle body and a coupling point to the door; and
a sub-link mechanism that includes one end rotatably coupled to the vehicle body and an opposite end rotatably coupled to the door, and expands and contracts depending on the door opening degree, wherein
the main link mechanism decreases the distance between the coupling points as the door opening degree becomes larger,
the main link mechanism includes a first link that is rotatably coupled to the vehicle body, and a second link that is rotatably coupled to the door and rotatably coupled to the first link,
the first link rotates around the coupling point to the vehicle body, thereby changing the distance between the coupling points of the main link mechanism,
the sub-link mechanism causes the first link to rotate around the coupling point to the vehicle body, depending on an amount of rotation around the coupling point to the vehicle body,
the main link mechanism includes a driven gear rotating around a rotational axis relative to the vehicle body, and
the sub-link mechanism includes a drive gear meshing with the driven gear and rotating around a rotational axis relative to the vehicle body.

2. The door opening and closing device according to claim 1 , wherein,
in a case that a position between the fully closing position and a fully opening position of fully opening the door opening is defined as an intermediate position,
when the door moves between the fully closing position and the intermediate position, the main link mechanism decreases the distance between the coupling points as the door opening degree becomes larger.

3. The door opening and closing device according to claim 2 , wherein,
when the door moves between the intermediate position and the fully opening position, the main link mechanism increases the distance between the coupling points as the door opening degree becomes larger.

4. The door opening and closing device according to claim 1 , further comprising
a sub-actuator that drives the sub-link mechanism.

5. The door opening and closing device according to claim 4 , wherein
the sub-actuator drives the sub-link mechanism to rotate around a coupling point between the sub-link mechanism and the vehicle body.

6. The door opening and closing device according to claim 1 , further comprising
a main actuator that drives the first link.

7. The door opening and closing device according to claim 6 , wherein
the main actuator drives the first link to rotate around a coupling point between the first link and the vehicle body.

8. The door opening and closing device according to claim 1 , further comprising
a slider actuator that drives the slider in a direction intersecting with the width direction, wherein
the slider actuator is installed in the roof.

9. The door opening and closing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the door opening is open in a rear portion of the vehicle body, and
the door is a back door.

Assignees

• Aisin Corp

Inventors

• Morioka Toshimitsu
• Kiryu Tomohito

Classifications

• E05Y2900/546

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• E05F15/622

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• B60J5/101

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• B60J5/12

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• E05Y2800/102

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