US 12,257,937 B2
Door armrest structure of vehicle
Jaeseung Lee, Hwaseong-si (KR); Dowon Kim, Seoul (KR); Yonghyun Nam, Anyang-si (KR); Kyuhoon Cho, Suwon-si (KR); Dae Hee Lee, Incheon (KR); Soo Bok Kim, Incheon (KR); Chungsik Yim, Anyang-si (KR); and Kwang Seub Kim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and Duckyang Ind. Co., Ltd., Ulsan (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and Duckyang Ind. Co., Ltd., Ulsan (KR)
Filed on Nov. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/979,613.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0012235 (KR), filed on Jan. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0234486 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. B60N 2/75 (2018.01); B60R 13/02 (2006.01); B60R 16/023 (2006.01); E05B 81/12 (2014.01); B60J 5/04 (2006.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/78 (2018.02) [B60N 2/767 (2018.02); B60R 13/0243 (2013.01); B60R 16/023 (2013.01); E05B 81/13 (2013.01); B60J 5/0416 (2013.01); B60J 5/047 (2013.01); B60N 2/02246 (2023.08); B60N 2/753 (2018.02); B60R 2011/0021 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0085 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0092 (2013.01); B60R 13/02 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A door armrest structure of a vehicle as a door armrest structure provided to a door internal panel configuring a door for opening or closing a door opening formed in a vehicle body and a door trim covering the door internal panel, the door armrest structure comprising:
an armrest pivot including a first end portion rotatably coupled to the door internal panel, and a second end portion extending into the vehicle body through the door trim;
an armrest including a first end portion connected to the second end portion of the armrest pivot and operating to be rotated according to rotation of the armrest pivot;
a drive motor connected to the armrest pivot and operating to rotate the armrest pivot according to an opening signal or a closing signal of the door; and
a supporting pin that supports the second end portion of the armrest to be fixed when the armrest rotates and forms an angle which is parallel to a bottom surface of the vehicle body.