US 12,421,773 B2
Door latch device for vehicles
Hyong Don Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Jinwoo Nam, Seoul (KR); Dong Hee Ma, Hwaseong-si (KR); Hyeon Tae Park, Yeongcheon-si (KR); Hyuk Noh, Daegu (KR); and Hyun Duk Cho, Daegu (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and Pyeong Hwa Automotive Co., Ltd., Daegu (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); and Pyeong Hwa Automotive Co., Ltd., Daegu (KR)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/964,614.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0189378 (KR), filed on Dec. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0203855 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. E05B 83/38 (2014.01); E05B 85/26 (2014.01); B60J 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 83/38 (2013.01) [E05B 85/26 (2013.01); B60J 2005/0475 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A door latch apparatus for a vehicle, the door latch apparatus comprising:
a striker fixed to a vehicle body to correspond to one side of a lower portion of a door of the vehicle, wherein the door is opened or closed by dual motions of a pop-up operation and a swing operation through a hinge portion;
a latch unit provided at one side of the lower portion of the door and restraining or releasing the striker through a claw lever and a pawl lever on a body; and
a pop-up unit in which a guide groove is formed and integrally formed at a first side of the body of the latch unit at a predetermined angle to guide one side of the lower portion of the door by the striker during the pop-up operation,
wherein the pop-up guide unit includes:
a first guider integrally formed at a first side of the body, and
a second guider including the guide groove including a predetermined gap between the second guider and the first guider, and integrally formed at a second side of the body,
wherein an extension line is defined from a center point of the hinge portion and a restraining point of the striker, and the hinge portion defines a pop-up angle, wherein the pop-up angle and the predetermined angle are in relation to the extension line, and
wherein, during the pop-up operation, the door is moved toward the interior of the vehicle, so that the pop-up angle and the predetermined angle are maintained during the pop-up operation.