US 12,227,977 B2
Hinge system for vehicle door
Duck Young Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR); Doo Young Jung, Suwon-si (KR); Seong Tae Hong, Daegu (KR); and Yong Ju Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and PHA Co., Ltd., Daegu (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and PHA Co., Ltd., Daegu (KR)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/051,667.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0079812 (KR), filed on Jun. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0003173 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. E05F 1/08 (2006.01); B60J 5/04 (2006.01); B62D 65/06 (2006.01); E05D 3/02 (2006.01); E05D 5/06 (2006.01); E05F 15/63 (2015.01)
CPC E05D 3/02 (2013.01) [B60J 5/0468 (2013.01); B60J 5/0473 (2013.01); B62D 65/06 (2013.01); E05D 5/062 (2013.01); E05F 15/63 (2015.01); E05Y 2201/626 (2013.01); E05Y 2600/45 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/531 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A hinge system for a door of a vehicle, the hinge system comprising:
a wall structure defining a vehicle compartment;
a vehicle door enclosing the vehicle compartment;
a vehicle body frame structure configured to surround a periphery of the wall structure, wherein the vehicle body frame structure includes a transverse frame and a longitudinal member surrounding the wall structure;
a hinge arm mounted between the vehicle door and the vehicle body frame structure;
a hinge shaft configured to provide an axis of rotation of the hinge arm, and located outside the wall structure; and
a hinge bracket mounted on the longitudinal member, wherein:
the transverse frame has a transverse member extending along a width direction of the vehicle,
the longitudinal member extends along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and
the hinge arm is rotatably connected to the hinge bracket through the hinge shaft.