IP Library Granted Patent US 12,280,641
Granted Patent B2
US 12,280,641 · App. 18/202,202 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Outer belt integrated door for vehicle

Inventors: Je-Won Choi (Anyang-Si, KR); Dae-Chul Kim (Seongnam-Si, KR)
Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation
B60J10/76B60J10/15B60J10/36
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Patent No.
US 12,280,641
App. No.
18/202,202
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An outer belt integrated door for a vehicle including an external panel, an internal panel fastened to an internal surface of the external panel, and a door glass provided between the external panel and the internal panel includes a coupling block portion provided on an upper internal surface of the external panel and a hidden lip coupled to the coupling block portion and configured to seal between the external panel and the door glass.

Claims (43)

1. An outer belt integrated door for a vehicle including an external panel, an internal panel fastened to an internal surface of the external panel, and a door glass provided between the external panel and the internal panel, the outer integrated door comprising:

a coupling block portion provided on an upper internal surface of the external panel; and

a hidden lip coupled to the coupling block portion in a transverse direction of the vehicle and configured to seal a portion between the external panel and the door glass,

wherein the external panel integrally formed with the coupling block portion on the upper internal surface thereof extends to and cover an upper portion of the hidden lip,

wherein the hidden lip further includes:

a body formed in a height direction of the vehicle; and

a protrusion extending from the body toward the coupling block portion in the transverse direction of the vehicle is formed, and

wherein a locking protrusion is formed on an end portion of the protrusion.

2. The outer belt integrated door of claim 1 ,

wherein the coupling block portion includes a lower rib, which extends toward the hidden lip and is formed with a locking portion formed on an internal surface thereof,

wherein the hidden lip includes the locking protrusion caught and fixed to the locking portion, and

wherein the hidden lip is coupled to the coupling block portion.

3. The outer belt integrated door of claim 2 , wherein the coupling block portion extends in the height direction of the vehicle.

4. The outer belt integrated door of claim 2 , wherein the locking portion is formed at an interval in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

5. The outer belt integrated door of claim 2 , wherein the coupling block portion further includes an upper rib protruding toward the hidden lip in the transverse direction of the vehicle above the lower rib.

6. The outer belt integrated door of claim 5 , wherein the hidden lip further incudes:

an insertion protrusion protruding from a body formed in the height direction of the vehicle toward the coupling block portion,

wherein the insertion protrusion is inserted between the upper rib and the lower rib.

7. The outer belt integrated door of claim 1 , wherein the hidden lip further incudes:

an upper support in contact with and supported by the coupling block portion on an upper end portion of the body, and

wherein the coupling block portion further includes an upper contact portion, an upper end portion of which is in contact with the upper support.

8. The outer belt integrated door of claim 1 ,

wherein the hidden lip further incudes a lower support extending downwardly from the end portion of the protrusion, and

wherein the coupling block portion further includes a touch boss in contact with the lower support.

9. The outer belt integrated door of claim 1 ,

wherein the hidden lip further incudes an upper sealing and a lower sealing,

wherein each of the upper sealing and the lower sealing protruding from the body toward the door glass and in contact with and sealing the door glass is formed on the hidden lip at an interval in the height direction of the vehicle.

10. The outer belt integrated door of claim 1 , wherein the hidden lip is formed in a predetermined cross section in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

11. The outer belt integrated door of claim 1 ,

wherein a coupling portion including a screw thread formed therein is formed on the coupling block portion, and

wherein a fastening bolt passes through the hidden lip and is screw-coupled to the coupling portion, and thus the coupling block portion is fastened to the hidden lip.

12. The outer belt integrated door of claim 1 , wherein the external panel and the coupling block portion are integrally formed.

13. The outer belt integrated door of claim 1 ,

wherein the external panel is made of a plastic composite material, and

wherein the internal panel is formed as a metal panel.

14. The outer belt integrated door of claim 1 , wherein the external panel and the internal panel are made of a same material.

15. The outer belt integrated door of claim 1 , wherein to limit movement of the hidden lip in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a stopper protruding from the internal surface of the external panel is formed on the internal surface of the external panel.

16. The outer belt integrated door of claim 1 , wherein the coupling block portion includes a constant shape with respect to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle in which a locking portion is formed in an entire section of the coupling block portion.

17. The outer belt integrated door of claim 1 ,

wherein the external panel is made of a metal panel, and

wherein the internal panel is made of a plastic composite material.

18. The outer belt integrated door of claim 1 , wherein a stiffness auxiliary member is applied to an inner side of the internal panel.

19. The outer belt integrated door of claim 18 , wherein the stiffness auxiliary member is an impact beam.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 25, 2023
From: CHOI, JE-WON; KIM, DAE-CHUL
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0115714 · Sep 14, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240083227A1 · Mar 14, 2024
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