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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2022
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Ki Hong Lee, Seoul, KR;
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A vehicle includes a multipurpose module replaceably coupled to a luggage zone of the vehicle, and a module fixing device coupled to the multipurpose module and configured to fix the multipurpose module to a vehicle body of the vehicle, in which the module fixing device includes one or more locking assemblies configured to fix the multipurpose module by being matched and inserted into a fixing hole provided in the multipurpose module, and a locking controller configured to control the locking assembly, in which the locking assembly includes a shape memory spring made of a shape memory alloy, a fixing protrusion connected to the shape memory spring and configured to move forward to be inserted into the fixing hole or move rearward to be separated from the fixing hole in accordance with extension or contraction of the shape memory spring, and a heater configured to apply heat to the shape memory spring, and in which the shape memory spring operates the fixing protrusion while being extended or contracted by the applied heat.