US 12,257,694 B2
Door control apparatus
Ou Ma, Maineville, OH (US); Samuel King, Florence, KY (US); and Yufeng Sun, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/831,838.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/196,254, filed on Jun. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0388180 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 15/0033 (2013.01) [B25J 9/0009 (2013.01); B25J 9/10 (2013.01); B25J 13/085 (2013.01); B25J 19/023 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a vehicle; and
a door control apparatus disposed on the vehicle, the door control apparatus including:
a controller,
a frame that includes a top frame portion, a bottom frame portion, a first sliding rail disposed on a first side of the frame, and a second sliding rail disposed on a second side of the frame, the first and second sliding rails connecting the top frame portion and the bottom frame portion of the frame,
a door control arm that is integrated as part of the frame and configured to move vertically between the top frame portion and the bottom frame portion along the first and second sliding rails, the door control arm including a door handle contact protrusion having an end part configured to engage a door handle, the door handle contact protrusion extending substantially perpendicularly relative to the frame, and
a door interaction arm that is disposed on a surface of the frame and extends substantially perpendicularly relative to the frame.