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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2019
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Ki-Hyun Cho, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Assignees:
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/10 (2006.01); B62D 33/027 (2006.01); B60J 7/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 7/1657 (2013.01); B60J 5/101 (2013.01); B60J 5/107 (2013.01); B62D 33/027 (2013.01);
Abstract
An opening structure of a tail gate and a roof may include a cross member mounted at the roof of a vehicle, a hinge mounted at the cross member and a tail gate body in white (BIW), a hinge drive motor operating the hinge, and a spindle drive expandably and contractibly mounted to move the roof. The tail gate is opened by the hinge drive motor, or a rear of the roof is moved upward by the expansion of the spindle drive after the tail gate is opened.