US 12,270,243 B2
Docking system between vehicle and building and control method therefor
Ki Hyun Choi, Yongin-Si (KR); Hyung Sik Choi, Seoul (KR); Sun In You, Yesan-Eup (KR); Sang Heon Lee, Seoul (KR); Ji Hyun Song, Suwon-Si (KR); and Won Chan Lee, Suwon-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 Apr. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/134,934.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0134241 (KR), filed on Oct. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0125168 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. E06B 1/00 (2006.01); E06B 1/04 (2006.01); E06B 1/70 (2006.01)
CPC E06B 1/70 (2013.01) [E06B 1/04 (2013.01); E06B 2001/707 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A docking system between a vehicle and a building, the docking system comprising:
an entrance frame configured to extend in a direction toward a vehicle door;
an external door provided at a side of the vehicle door to be opened;
an internal door spaced from the external door and provided at a side of the building to be opened;
a sealing unit inserted into the entrance frame to be provided between the external door and the internal door, and configured to selectively extend in the direction toward the vehicle door to connect an internal space of the vehicle and an indoor space of the building into one space; and
a controller configured to control the external door, the internal door and the sealing unit,
wherein the controller is further configured to receive a docking request from the vehicle in a state in which parking of the vehicle is completed, and to open the external door according to the received docking request,
wherein the controller is further configured to extend the sealing unit in the direction toward the vehicle door in an opened state of the external door, and to open the internal door in an opened state of the vehicle door, and
wherein, when the internal space of the vehicle and the indoor space of the building are connected by extending the sealing unit in the direction toward the vehicle door, the vehicle door is rotated within the sealing unit to be opened.