US 12,145,429 B2
Sealing assembly for twin swing gate
Je-Yeon Kim, Seoul (KR); Jang-Hoon Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR); Jae-Yun Lee, Yangsan-si (KR); Dong-Hee Ma, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Min-Hyoung Ahn, 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 May 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/323,111.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0163996 (KR), filed on Nov. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0174067 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. B60J 10/40 (2016.01); B60J 10/30 (2016.01); B60J 10/86 (2016.01); B60J 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 10/87 (2016.02) [B60J 10/30 (2016.02); B60J 10/40 (2016.02); B60J 5/108 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body;
a first gate of which an outside end portion is hinge-connected to the vehicle body;
a second gate of which an outside end portion is hinge-connected to the vehicle body and configured to be rotated in a direction opposite to rotation of the first gate; and
a center bar unit installed along a height direction of the vehicle body on an inside end portion of the first gate, the center bar unit being configured to rotate in conjunction with opening or closing the first gate such that the center bar unit is brought into contact with an inside end portion of the second gate when the first gate is closed and is spaced away from the inside end portion of the second gate when the first gate is open,
wherein the center bar unit comprises:
a center bar extending in the height direction of the vehicle body;
a first weatherstrip fitted onto a first side of the center bar and configured to seal between the center bar and the first gate; and
a second weatherstrip fitted onto a second side of the center bar facing opposite of the first weatherstrip and configured to seal between the center bar and the second gate,
wherein the center bar comprises:
a weatherstrip fastening portion bidirectionally extending along a length direction of the center bar, the first weatherstrip and the second weatherstrip each being fitted onto the weatherstrip fastening portion; and
a connection portion connecting the center bar and the weatherstrip fastening portion to each other;
wherein a distance between the center bar and an outer panel of the first gate varies along the height direction of the vehicle body;
wherein a length of the weatherstrip fastening portion varies along the height direction of the vehicle body in such a manner that the length of the weatherstrip fastening portion is shorter in regions where the center bar is closer to the outer panel and longer in regions where the center bar is farther from the outer panel; and
wherein, when the first gate and the second gate are closed, the first weatherstrip is in contact with the first gate and the second weatherstrip is in contact with the second gate along the height direction of the vehicle body.