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US 12,486,710 · App. 18/588,901 · Granted Dec 2, 2025

Door system for opening and closing opening for entrance and exit of sensor for vehicles

Inventors: Jae Sup Byun (Yongin-si, KR); Jang Ho Kim (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
E05F15/635E05Y2900/531
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Patent No.
US 12,486,710
App. No.
18/588,901
Granted
Dec 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An embodiment provides a door system for opening and closing an opening for entrance and exit of a sensor for vehicles, the door system including a housing configured to accommodate the sensor for vehicles therein and having an opening for entrance and exit of the sensor, a door configured to slide along a guide groove provided on the housing to open and close the opening, a door link unit configured to slide the door, and a gear unit configured to transmit power of an actuator to the door link unit.

Claims (16)

1 . A door system for opening and closing an opening for entrance and exit of a sensor for vehicles, the door system comprising:

a housing configured to accommodate the sensor for vehicles therein and having an opening for entrance and exit of the sensor;

a door configured to slide along a guide groove provided on the housing to open and close the opening;

a door link unit configured to slide the door; and

a gear unit configured to transmit power of an actuator to the door link unit,

wherein the gear unit includes:

a first gear unit including a first shaft connected to the actuator and a first gear provided on the first shaft; and

a second gear unit including a second shaft disposed in parallel with the first shaft and a second gear provided on the second shaft and engaged with the first gear; and

wherein the door link unit includes a pair of guide links, one ends of which are rotatably connected to one side and the other side of a bottom surface of the door and the other ends of which are provided with sliding pins and connected to a sliding groove provided in a lower portion of the housing, a connecting link having one end and the other end rotatably connected to the other ends of the pair of guide links, a first door driving link having one end connected to the second gear and rotating together with the second gear, and a second door driving link having one end rotatably connected to the other end of the first door driving link and the other end rotatably connected to the connecting link.

2 . The door system of claim 1 , wherein an outer circumferential surface of the first gear is divided into an operating section in which first teeth are formed and an idling section in which a rim is formed, the second gear includes second teeth formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof and engaged with the first teeth and a contactor contacting the rim, and the rim and the contactor are provided in structures that protrude radially from upper portions of the first teeth and the second teeth, respectively.

3 . The door system of claim 2 , wherein as the first gear rotates, the first teeth engage with the second teeth in the operating section so that the second gear rotates, and the rim is configured to contact the contactor and slide in the idling section so that the second gear does not rotate.

4 . The door system of claim 2 , wherein the rim has an outer surface that protrudes and is curved in an arc shape, and the contactor has an outer surface that is concave and curved in the arc shape.

5 . The door system of claim 1 , wherein the sliding pin is provided in a structure that protrudes downward from a lower surface of the guide link at the other end thereof.

6 . The door system of claim 5 , wherein the connecting link is connected to an upper surface of the guide link at the other end thereof.

7 . The door system of claim 1 , wherein the second door driving link converts a rotational movement of the first door driving link into a linear movement in conjunction with the connecting link.

8 . The door system of claim 1 , wherein the guide groove includes a first movement section straightly disposed in a left-right direction behind the opening and a second movement section curvedly extending in a front-rear direction from the first movement section toward the opening.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 29, 2024
From: BYUN, JAE SUP; KIM, JANG HO
To: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066598/0016 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2023-0110611 · Aug 23, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250067110A1 · Feb 27, 2025
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