US 12,270,233 B2
Vehicle door opening and closing apparatus
Je Won Choi, Anyang-si (KR); and Jae Heon Lee, Yangsan-si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and SUNG WOO HITECH CO., LTD., Busan (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and SUNG WOO HITECH CO., LTD., Busan (KR)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/969,477.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0050242 (KR), filed on Apr. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0340805 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. E05B 81/14 (2014.01); B60J 5/06 (2006.01); E05B 81/30 (2014.01); E05B 81/34 (2014.01); E05B 83/40 (2014.01); E05D 3/02 (2006.01); E05D 15/06 (2006.01); E05D 15/10 (2006.01); E05D 15/48 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 81/14 (2013.01) [B60J 5/06 (2013.01); E05B 81/30 (2013.01); E05B 81/34 (2013.01); E05B 83/40 (2013.01); E05D 15/0621 (2013.01); E05D 15/1047 (2013.01); E05D 3/02 (2013.01); E05D 2015/485 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/64 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/684 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/531 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle door opening and closing apparatus, comprising:
a vehicle door;
a rail mounted on a vehicle body;
a roller unit mounted on the vehicle door, the roller unit configured to move along the rail and allow the vehicle door to open and close in a mode selected from a swing mode and a sliding mode; and
a hold lock mounted on the vehicle body, the hold lock including a passing rod configured to releasably hold the roller unit in a predetermined position.