US 12,030,370 B2
Hook assembly for door curtain of vehicle
Do-Won Kim, Seoul (KR); Jong-Woo Shim, Suwon-si (KR); Min-Jung Kim, Suwon-si (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 Jan. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/571,673.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0115519 (KR), filed on Aug. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0069762 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B60J 1/20 (2006.01); B60J 3/00 (2006.01); F16B 19/10 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 1/2047 (2013.01) [B60J 1/2063 (2013.01); B60J 1/2086 (2013.01); B60J 3/005 (2013.01); F16B 19/1081 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hook assembly for a door curtain of a vehicle, the hook assembly is to be installed on a door panel and hooked and fixed to the door curtain, the hook assembly comprising:
a hook body to be installed to pass through a through-hole formed in the door panel in a load direction in which the door curtain is applied; and
a hook pin to engage the hook body in an engagement direction that is perpendicular to the load direction,
wherein, when the hook pin is engaged with the hook body, one side of the hook body is pressed against a circumference of the through-hole while supporting the hook body in the through-hole in the engagement direction.