Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Intelligent side step apparatus for vehicle
An intelligent side step apparatus for a vehicle may include a base block that is fixed to a vehicle body panel disposed at a lower end of a vehicle door, a step motor that is fixed to the base block, a driving shaft that is engaged with the step motor and is rotated by power transmitted from the step motor, a plurality of joint steps that are pivotally coupled each other in sequence, and a step operating mechanism that is coupled with the driving shaft and engaged with each of the joint steps, rotates with the driving shaft, and moves in a forward or backward direction according to rotation of the driving shaft, and wherein one of the plurality of joint steps is pivotally connected to the base block.
Hyundai Motor Company Kia Motors Corp.
B
B60R
inventional
Bock Cheol Hyun Gyung Young Sub Seung Mok Phil Jung Dong Eun
Lee Kim Oh Lee Jeong Cha