US 11,981,187 B2
Hook assembly for door curtain of vehicle
Min-Jung Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jong-Woo Shim, Suwon-si (KR); Do-Won Kim, Seoul (KR); and Yoo-Sung Doh, Asan-si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and NIFCO KOREA INC., Asan-si (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and NIFCO KOREA INC., Asan-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/726,921.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0090380 (KR), filed on Jul. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0008103 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. B60J 1/20 (2006.01); E05C 3/14 (2006.01); B60J 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 1/2047 (2013.01) [E05C 3/14 (2013.01); B60J 1/2011 (2013.01); B60J 5/0468 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hook assembly for a door curtain to be installed on a door panel of a vehicle, the hook assembly comprising:
a hook body installed to penetrate a through hole formed in the door panel; and
a hook pin having an upper end hinge-connected to an upper portion of the hook body and configured to open the hook body outward when inserted into the hook body;
wherein the hook body comprises:
a base contacting a bottom surface of the door panel;
a fastening part formed upward from the base, positioned to penetrate the through hole formed in the door panel, and having an insertion groove formed therein; and
a fixing wing part extending in a downward direction from an upper end of the fastening part;
wherein the hook pin comprises an insertion part inserted into the insertion groove and a lever part extending downward from a lower end of the insertion part;
wherein, in a preliminarily fastened state, the fastening part of the hook body is inserted into the insertion part of the hook pin while the lever part is not inserted into the hook body; and
wherein, in a completely fastened state, an upper portion of the hook pin is inserted into the hook body and the fixing wing part is locked to the circumference of the through hole while the fixing wing part is opened such that the hook body is fastened to the through hole.