US 12,188,274 B2
Door hinge device of vehicle
Jaeseung Lee, Hwaseong-si (KR); Dae Hee Lee, Incheon (KR); Seung Sik Han, Hwaseong-si (KR); Yonghyun Nam, Anyang-si (KR); and Chungsik Yim, Anyang-si (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 Jan. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/586,298.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0084118 (KR), filed on Jun. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0412137 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. E05D 3/02 (2006.01); B60J 5/04 (2006.01); E05D 15/58 (2006.01); E05F 15/56 (2015.01); E05D 3/18 (2006.01); E05D 15/38 (2006.01); E05F 15/60 (2015.01)
CPC E05D 3/022 (2013.01) [B60J 5/0479 (2013.01); E05D 15/581 (2013.01); E05F 15/56 (2015.01); B60J 2005/0475 (2013.01); E05D 3/18 (2013.01); E05D 15/38 (2013.01); E05D 15/58 (2013.01); E05D 2015/586 (2013.01); E05F 15/60 (2015.01); E05Y 2201/406 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/426 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/454 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/682 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/684 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/688 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/708 (2013.01); E05Y 2800/102 (2013.01); E05Y 2800/296 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/531 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A door hinge apparatus of a vehicle, the door hinge apparatus comprising:
a rail plate provided on one side of a vehicle body corresponding to an end portion of a door of the vehicle and formed with a rail in a width direction of the vehicle;
a hinge slide unit including a slide bracket provided on the rail and a door hinge bracket provided on the door, wherein the slide bracket includes a guide slot formed in a diagonal direction of the slide bracket and the slide bracket and the door hinge bracket are pivotally coupled to each other through a hinge shaft; and
an actuator including a rod coupled to the guide slot to move along the guide slot so that the slide bracket moves along the rail.