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Granted Patent B2
US 12,270,243 · App. 18/134,934 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Docking system between vehicle and building and control method therefor

Inventors: Ki Hyun Choi (Yongin-Si, KR); Hyung Sik Choi (Seoul, KR); Sun In You (Yesan-Eup, KR); Sang Heon Lee (Seoul, KR); Ji Hyun Song (Suwon-Si, KR); Won Chan Lee (Suwon-Si, KR)
Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation
E06B1/70E06B1/04E06B2001/707
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Patent No.
US 12,270,243
App. No.
18/134,934
Granted
Apr 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A docking system between a vehicle and a building and a control method therefor include an entrance frame configured to extend in a direction towards a vehicle door, an external door provided at a side of the vehicle door to be opened, an internal door spaced from the external door and provided at a side of the building to be opened, and a sealing unit inserted into the entrance frame to be provided between the external door and the internal door, and configured to selectively extend in the direction toward the vehicle door to connect an internal space of the vehicle and an indoor space of the building into one space.

Claims (18)

1. A docking system between a vehicle and a building, the docking system comprising:

an entrance frame configured to extend in a direction toward a vehicle door;

an external door provided at a side of the vehicle door to be opened;

an internal door spaced from the external door and provided at a side of the building to be opened;

a sealing unit inserted into the entrance frame to be provided between the external door and the internal door, and configured to selectively extend in the direction toward the vehicle door to connect an internal space of the vehicle and an indoor space of the building into one space; and

a controller configured to control the external door, the internal door and the sealing unit,

wherein the controller is further configured to receive a docking request from the vehicle in a state in which parking of the vehicle is completed, and to open the external door according to the received docking request,

wherein the controller is further configured to extend the sealing unit in the direction toward the vehicle door in an opened state of the external door, and to open the internal door in an opened state of the vehicle door, and

wherein, when the internal space of the vehicle and the indoor space of the building are connected by extending the sealing unit in the direction toward the vehicle door, the vehicle door is rotated within the sealing unit to be opened.

2. The docking system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to receive a docking release request from the vehicle in an opened state of the internal door, and to close the internal door according to the received docking release request.

3. The docking system of claim 1 , wherein the external door and the internal door are opened in a laterally sliding manner.

4. The docking system of claim 1 , wherein, when the internal space of the vehicle and the indoor space of the building are connected by extending the sealing unit in the direction toward the vehicle door, the sealing unit is coupled to a body frame of the vehicle.

5. The docking system of claim 4 , wherein the vehicle door and the body frame of the vehicle, coupled to the sealing unit, are flat.

6. The docking system of claim 4 , wherein a gap between the sealing unit and the body frame of the vehicle is sealed by a weather strip in a state in which the internal space of the vehicle and the indoor space of the building are connected.

7. The docking system of claim 1 , further including:

hydraulic cylinders inserted into the entrance frame so that one end portion of each of the hydraulic cylinders is connected to the internal door and a remaining end portion of each of the hydraulic cylinders is connected to the sealing unit,

wherein the hydraulic cylinders cause the sealing unit to extend in the direction toward the vehicle door.

8. The docking system of claim 7 , further including the controller configured to control the hydraulic cylinders.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2023
From: CHOI, KI HYUN; CHOI, HYUNG SIK; YOU, SUN IN; LEE, SANG HEON; SONG, JI HYUN; LEE, WON CHAN
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0134241 · Oct 18, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240125168A1 · Apr 18, 2024
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