US 11,807,085 B2
Sliding door device for vehicle
Jaeseung Lee, Hwaseong-Si (KR); Sangheon Lee, Seoul (KR); Soo Bok Kim, Incheon (KR); and Jin Pyung Park, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/885,308.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0174822 (KR), filed on Dec. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0173897 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. B60J 5/06 (2006.01); E05D 15/10 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 5/06 (2013.01) [E05D 15/101 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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 provided with a first end portion rotatably connected to the door and a second end portion movable along a side sill of the vehicle body;
a first slider pivotally coupled to the second end portion of the door arm so that the door arm rotates;
a second slider coupled to the first slider to provide a path to which the first slider moves and to linearly move along the side sill; and
a lower arm pinion gear which is rotatably coupled to the second end portion of the door arm and gear-engaged with the second slider to provide rotation force to the door arm so that the door arm rotates when the first slider moves in a longitudinal direction of the second slider.