A vehicle includes a body having a door frame defining a door aperture, a vehicle door, a rail mounted on the body, a roller unit mounted on the vehicle door and configured to move along the rail and allow the vehicle door to open and close in a sliding mode and a swing mode, a center rail extending from an edge of the door aperture, a center roller unit including rollers configured to be guided along the center rail, a roller bracket having the rollers mounted thereon, a roller-side hinge element connected to the roller bracket, and a door-side hinge element rotatably connected to the roller-side hinge element by a hinge pin, a door-side docking unit releasably connecting the door-side hinge element to the vehicle door, and a frame-side docking unit releasably connecting the roller-side hinge element to the door frame.
Vehicle door opening and closing apparatus
2023-05-09
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60J WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES , Fenster, Windschutzscheiben und bewegbare Dächer, Türen oder Ähnliches für Fahrzeuge / E05F DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION , Vorrichtungen zum Bewegen der Flügel in die Offen- oder Schließstellung |