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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2013
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Dong Eun Cha, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Bock Cheol Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Seung Mok Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Phil Jung Jeong, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyun Gyung Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Young Sub Oh, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A side-step device that includes a driving unit, a pinion gear, a driving gear unit, and a step. The driving unit is mounted on a vehicle body, and the pinion gear is connected to the driving unit and is configured to rotate. The driving gear unit is composed of an outer gear surrounding a portion of the pinion gear and engaging with the pinion gear and a rack gear extending from one end of the outer gear to the vehicle body. The step connects to the opposite side of the vehicle body to the driving gear unit, folds in a normal state, unfolds out from the vehicle body when the pinion gear and the outer gear are interlocked, and extends out from the vehicle body from the unfolded state when the pinion gear and the rack gear interlock.