Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Kia Corporation

Pyeong Hwa Automotive Co., Ltd.

Jin Pyung Park

Sang Hoon Kim

Sangheon Lee

Jaeseung Lee

Seong-Tae Hong

Soo Bok Kim

Sang Kyoon Lim

Dong Hee Ma

Tae Young Cho

A sliding door device for a vehicle, includes: a door that opens or closes a door opening formed in a vehicle body; a door arm provided with a first end portion rotatably connected to the door and a second end portion movable along a side sill of the vehicle body; a first slider pivotally coupled to the second end portion of the door arm so that the door arm rotates; a second slider coupled to the first slider to provide a path in which the first slider moves and to linearly move along the side sill; and a lower arm pinion gear which is rotatably coupled to the second end portion of the door arm and gear-engaged with the second slider to provide rotation force to the door arm so that the door arm rotates when the first slider moves in a longitudinal direction of the second slider.

Sliding door device for vehicle

A hood latch apparatus for a vehicle includes: a housing having entrance guide recesses at a front portion and a rear portion, respectively, to allow a striker to enter; a first support shaft and a second support shaft disposed at both sides of the entrance guide recesses, respectively; a claw rotatably connected to the first support shaft; a pawl rotatably connected to the second support shaft and configured to restrain the claw or release the restraint of the claw; a safety hook rotatably connected to the second support shaft and configured to restrict the opening of a hood; and a safety lever having one end of thereof rotatably supported on a third support shaft installed inside the housing, and including a user manipulation portion extending to an outside of the housing and a pressing portion for pressing a lower portion of the safety hook.

Hood latch apparatus for vehicle

A front pop-up latch safety hook structure for an active hood of a vehicle having a front end module (FEM) including a front end carrier is provided. The structure includes a plate-shaped frame and a striker mounted on a front surface of the plate-shaped frame and fixed to a bottom of the hood. A safety hook is provided in front of the front end carrier of the FEM and is movable to an engagement location with the striker and a release location from the striker. A latch is configured to engage with or to disengage from the striker. A pop-up means is configured to pop up a hood by forcibly lifting the striker while the latch engages with the striker as the safety hook disengages from the striker when a collision of the vehicle occurs.

Front pop-up latch safety hook structure for active hood of vehicle

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Goyang-si, South Korea

Jin Pyung Park