US 12,496,883 B2
Vehicle door opening/closing system
Chang Hak Kang, Hwaseong-si (KR); Jae Seung Lee, Hwaseong-si (KR); Gook Hyun Jeon, Seoul (KR); Chan Woong Jeon, Incheon (KR); Sang Kyoung Han, Gunpo-si (KR); and Hae Hoon Lee, Seoul (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 Jan. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/158,260.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0105690 (KR), filed on Aug. 23, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0066960 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. E05F 15/63 (2015.01); B60J 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 5/0463 (2013.01) [E05F 15/63 (2015.01); B60J 5/0479 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/434 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/624 (2013.01); E05Y 2600/452 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/531 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle door opening/closing system, the system comprising:
an inner panel defining a door open portion of a vehicle, the inner panel comprising an installation groove having a protruding or recessed shape;
a driving device disposed in the installation groove of the inner panel; and
a link mechanism installed on a chassis through a rotating shaft, a first end of the link mechanism being connected to the driving device such that power is transferred thereto, and a second end of the link mechanism being connected to a door such that, during driving of the driving device, the link mechanism rotates with reference to the rotating shaft to open/close the door.