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Granted Patent B2
US 11,192,433 · App. 16/696,344 · Granted Dec 7, 2021

Sealing assembly for vehicle door

Inventors: Jae-Seung Lee (Geonggi-do, KR); Dong-Hee Ma (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation
B60J10/86B60J10/23
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Patent No.
US 11,192,433
App. No.
16/696,344
Granted
Dec 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sealing assembly for a vehicle door may include a center bar rotatably installed on at least any one of a rear end of a front door and a front end of a rear door; a sealing member for sealing between the center bar and the rear end of the front door and between the center bar and the front end of the rear door; and an interlocking member for rotating the center bar in the direction opposite to the rotation direction of a door, among the front door and the rear door, on which the center bar has been installed so that the center bar is spaced apart from a door on which the center bar has not been installed when the door is opened or is in close contact therewith when the door is closed, when the door on which the center bar has been installed is opened or closed.

Claims (39)

1. A sealing assembly for a vehicle door, comprising:

in the sealing assembly for the vehicle door for air-tightly sealing a rear end of a front door of a vehicle and a front end of a rear door of the vehicle,

a center bar rotatably installed on at least any one of the rear end of the front door and the front end of the rear door, such that at least one of the front door and the rear door constitute a door on which the center bar has been installed;

a sealing member for sealing between the center bar and the rear end of the front door and between the center bar and the front end of the rear door; and

an interlocking member for rotating the center bar in a direction opposite to a rotation direction of the door on which the center bar has been installed so that the center bar is spaced apart from the door on which the center bar has not been installed when the door on which the center bar has been installed is opened or is in close contact therewith when the door on which the center bar has been installed is closed, when the door on which the center bar has been installed is opened or closed.

2. The sealing assembly for the vehicle door of claim 1 ,

wherein the center bar has a rotary shaft installed thereon in a height direction of the vehicle, and the rotary shaft is installed at any one of the rear end of the front door and the front end of the rear door to rotate the center bar.

3. The sealing assembly for the vehicle door of claim 2 ,

wherein the interlocking member is installed adjacent to an upper end and a lower end of a portion where the front door and the rear door contact each other to interlock the center bar with the opening and closing of the door on which the center bar has been installed, when the door on which the center bar has been installed starts to open, or approaches the closed state.

4. The sealing assembly for the vehicle door of claim 3 ,

wherein the interlocking member is a center bar guide installed to a vehicle body to be adjacent to the upper end of the portion where the front door and the rear door contact or adjacent to the lower end thereof, and formed with a guide slot for guiding the center bar so as to rotate in the direction opposite to the rotation direction of the door on which the center bar has been installed when the door on which the center bar has been installed is opened and closed.

5. The sealing assembly for the vehicle door of claim 4 ,

wherein a guide pin protruded from the upper end and the lower end of the center bar is formed at a position spaced apart from the rotary shaft in the center bar, and

wherein the guide pin is guided by the guide slot.

6. The sealing assembly for the vehicle door of claim 5 ,

wherein the guide slot is formed with a first section formed in a width direction of the vehicle from the side surface of the center bar guide, and

a second section formed in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle from the end portion of the first section.

7. The sealing assembly for the vehicle door of claim 6 ,

wherein the first section is formed to be inclined from the door where the center bar has been installed toward the door where the center bar has not been installed.

8. The sealing assembly for the vehicle door of claim 6 ,

wherein the second section is formed to be inclined from the end portion of the first section toward an inside of the vehicle in the width direction.

9. The sealing assembly for the vehicle door of claim 6 ,

wherein the second section is formed toward the door where the center bar has not been installed from the door where the center bar has been installed at the end portion of the first section.

10. The sealing assembly for the vehicle door of claim 5 ,

wherein the rotary shaft is provided with an elastic member for elastically supporting the center bar when the guide pin is detached from the guide slot.

11. The sealing assembly for the vehicle door of claim 10 ,

wherein the elastic member elastically supports so that the center bar keeps a state spaced apart from the door where the center bar has not been installed.

12. The sealing assembly for the vehicle door of claim 1 ,

wherein the center bar is formed in a T shape so that a portion thereof is exposed to a side surface of the vehicle between the rear end of the front door and the front end of the rear door.

13. The sealing assembly for the vehicle door of claim 12 ,

wherein the sealing member is a first sealing member for air-tightly sealing between the rear end of the front door and the center bar, and

a second sealing member for air-tightly sealing between the front end of the rear door and the center bar.

14. The sealing assembly for the vehicle door of claim 13 ,

wherein the first sealing member and the second sealing member are installed at both sides of the portion exposed to the side surface of the vehicle from the center bar, respectively.

15. The sealing assembly for the vehicle door of claim 1 ,

wherein the center bar is rotatably installed at the front end of the rear door, and

wherein when the rear door is opened or closed, the center bar rotates to be spaced apart from the rear end of the front door when the rear door is opened or to be in close contact with the rear end of the front door when the rear door is closed.

16. The sealing assembly for the vehicle door of claim 1 ,

wherein the vehicle has no center pillar, and the rear end of the front door and the front end of the rear door are sealed by contacting each other through the center bar.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 26, 2019
From: LEE, JAE-SEUNG; MA, DONG-HEE
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 051136/0285 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0048590 · Apr 25, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200338974A1 · Oct 29, 2020