Abstract: A sliding-door drive unit for a vehicle is capable of transferring or blocking drive power required to pull or push a cable to open or close a sliding door. The sliding-door drive unit includes a worm wheel rotatable by a drive motor, a stationary disc coupled to an output shaft, and a movable disc rotatably installed between the worm wheel and the stationary disc along an axial direction of the output shaft. The movable disc is engaged with the worm wheel and is selectively engaged with the stationary disc.

Abstract: A sliding-door drum assembly capable of being assembled in a facilitative manner by enabling a cable to be elastically supported and to maintain an appropriate tensile force after being assembled is proposed. The sliding-door drum assembly includes: a cable pulling a sliding door rotatably installed on a vehicle to slide the sliding door; and a drum around which the cable is wound; a drum adapter connected to an output shaft of a drive unit. The drum is installed on the drum adapter. Additionally, the sliding-door drum assembly may include an elastic member elastically supporting the drum against the drum adapter.

Abstract: An apparatus of controlling a vehicle and a method for controlling the same includes a camera, a processor operatively connected to the camera, and a storage operatively connected to the processor to store instructions executed by the processor. The processor obtains an image of a surrounding of a door of the vehicle, which is captured through the camera, obtains depth information from the obtained image, transforms the depth information into three dimensional (3D) point information, determines collision possibility of the door with an obstacle, based on distribution of the 3D point information to determine collision possibility, and warns the collision of the door when the collision possibility is present, when executing the instructions.

Abstract: A structure includes a lower rail mounted to a lower portion of a vehicle body in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. A lower-rail roller part is rollably connected to the lower rail. A lower-rail swing arm is rotatably connected to the lower-rail roller part and a door. A lower guide rail is mounted to the door and defines a lower guide path in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. A lifter has a first end that moves along the lower guide path, and a second end that is fixed to the vehicle body. The lifter applies a force in a direction from the door toward the vehicle body. An upper guide rail is mounted to an upper portion of the vehicle body. An upper-guide roller part is mounted to the door to be seated in the upper guide rail.

Abstract: A hold-open latch structure for opposite sliding doors for a vehicle includes a roller mechanism swing arm which rotates about a rotating shaft formed in a roller mechanism at the time of opening or closing the door, and moves the door toward the inside and outside of the vehicle and in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. A locking unit enables the door to be opened or closed and maintains an opened state of the door. The locking unit further includes a catch pivotably mounted on the rotating shaft and coupled to the roller mechanism swing arm so as to rotate together with the roller mechanism swing arm at the time of opening or closing the door. A lever is mounted so that one side of the lever is in contact with the catch.

Abstract: A locking structure can be used for a rectilinear center rail for opposite sliding doors. A rectilinear center rail mounted in a longitudinal direction on a sliding door, a center roller unit rollably connected to the center rail, and a swing bracket rotatably connected to the center roller unit and a vehicle body. The center roller unit includes a first rotating member and a second rotating member, a first catcher formed on the center rail to hinder a movement of the center roller unit, a second catcher formed on the swing bracket to assist a movement of the center roller unit, and a first lever configured to be locked by or unlocked from the first catcher and a second lever configured to be locked by or unlocked from the second catcher are connected to the second rotating member.

Abstract: A system includes: a door opening/closing switch which receives, from a user, a manipulation instruction for opening or closing the door; a door position sensor which detects a position of the door; a steering controller which measures a steering angle of the vehicle; a door controller which receives, from the door opening/closing switch, the manipulation signal for opening or closing the door, receives door position information from the door position sensor, receives steering angle information from the steering controller, and determines that the door and the wheel are in an interference state when the wheel is not in an aligned state in which the wheel is parallel to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, when the user attempts to open the door; and a warning device which warns the user of a situation when the door controller determines that the door and the wheel are in the interference state.

Abstract: An apparatus for a vehicle includes a door rail configured to be installed on a door panel of a door, a vehicle body rail configured to be coupled to a vehicle body so as to be opposite to the door rail, a vehicle body rail slider coupled to one surface of the vehicle body rail so as to be slidable in a front-rear direction along the vehicle body rail, a door rail slider coupled to the door rail so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction along the door rail, a pulley rotatable in conjunction with a movement of the vehicle body rail slider, a speed reducer directly connected to the pulley, and a second arm hingedly coupled to the speed reducer and configured to move the door rail slider.

Abstract: A profile learning system for cooperative control of a dual actuator applied to opposite sliding doors may include a first position sensor configured to detect a position of a door that operates in a first direction along a rail; a spindle assembly including a spindle that operates in a second direction with respect to the door to prevent the door from rattling; first and second motors engaged to the door and the spindle assembly and configured to provide driving power to the door and the spindle assembly, respectively; a memory unit configured to store the position of the door; and a control unit configured to adjust an output of the second motor configured for a predetermined time period and to determine learning success or learning failure for complete opening or closing of the door based on the position of the door when a stall state is detected due to a difference in stroke between the first motor and the second motor.

Abstract: An embodiment apparatus for preventing a sliding door from swaying includes a rail on a vehicle body, an arm bracket attached to a door panel of a door, a slider slidable in a front-rear direction on the rail, a first arm having first and second sides hingedly coupled to the arm bracket and to a first side of the slider, respectively, a second arm having first and second sides hingedly coupled to the arm bracket and to a second side of the slider, respectively, and a latch part on the slider for adjusting rotations of the first and second arms, wherein the first and second arms push the door outward while being spread and deployed during a first stage operation, and the slider slides on the rail to fully open the door during a second stage operation.

Abstract: A device for operating opposite sliding doors of a vehicle includes a center rail mounted at a center inside a door and formed in a curved shape so that the door moves to the outside of a vehicle interior of the vehicle when the door is opened. A center roller is mounted on the vehicle body so as to correspond to the center rail. The center roller is configured to move the center rail by being coupled to the center rail when the door is opened or closed as a center bearing unit formed at one side of the center roller is seated on the center rail. The center roller has a center shaft formed at a position spaced apart from the center bearing unit such that the center shaft can rotate the center roller.

Abstract: A structure includes a rail mounted on a vehicle body, a rail roller device connected to the rail, a slider mounted on the rail roller device, a movement support device having a first side fixed to a door and a second side connected to the slider, and a catch-pawl locking device including catches and pawls locked to or unlocked from one another while rotating. The catches and the pawls include a first catch and a first pawl for restricting a movement of the rail roller device in a first direction when the first catch and the first pawl are locked to each other, and a second catch and a second pawl for restricting a movement of the movement support device in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction when the second catch and the second pawl are locked.

Abstract: A structure for preventing opposite sliding doors from swaying is provided. The structure includes a lower rail mounted in a longitudinal direction at a lower side of a vehicle body, a lower rail roller unit rollably connected to the lower rail, a lower rail swing arm rotatably connected to the lower rail roller unit and a door, a guide roller unit fixedly connected to the lower rail, the guide roller unit including a guide roller rotatably connected to the lower rail, and a guide stopper fixedly connected to the door. The guide stopper includes a guide route formed inside the guide stopper and configured to serve as a rolling movement route for the guide roller, an exit/entrance portion formed at a first end of the guide route, and a stop portion formed at a second end of the guide route.

Abstract: An integrated door latch assembly of a sliding door may include a plate installed at the lower front of the sliding door, a front latch part which is installed in the front of the plate, and a hold open latch part which is installed at the plate so as to be spaced apart from the front latch part to the rear of the vehicle. The front latch part maintains the closed state of the sliding door by restraining a close striker formed at a vehicle body when the sliding door is closed and releases the restriction of the close striker when the sliding door starts to open. The hold open latch part maintains the open state by restraining the sliding of the sliding door when the sliding door is opened and releases the restriction so that the sliding door can slide.

Abstract: A structure for preventing a sliding door from swaying includes a rail mounted in a first direction that is a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body, a rail roller unit rollably connected to the rail, a sliding module configured to apply driving power in the first direction to the rail roller unit through a cable, a slider mounted on the rail roller unit, a movement support unit configured to support the sliding door, wherein a first side of the movement support unit is fixed to the sliding door, and a second side of the movement support unit is rollably connected to the slider, and a spindle assembly configured to operate a spindle between the sliding door and the rail to move the sliding door in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

Abstract: An X-type guide bar structure includes a lower rail mounted in a longitudinal direction at a lower side of a vehicle body, a lower slider rollably connected to the lower rail, a guide rail mounted on a door in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, first and second guide sliders movably connected to the guide rail, and first and second guide bars having guide paths in the longitudinal direction, wherein the first guide bar is rotatably connected to the lower slider and the second guide slider, the second guide bar is rotatably connected to the lower rail and the first guide slider, the first and second guide bars overlap in an X shape so that the guide paths face each other, and a guide pin is inserted into a central portion of the X shape.

Abstract: A locking structure for a rectilinear center rail is provided. The locking structure includes a rectilinear center rail mounted on a sliding door, a center roller unit rollably connected to the center rail, and a center swing arm rotatably connected to the center roller unit and a vehicle body. The center roller unit includes a first lever and a second lever that are configured to rotate about rotation axes formed in a width direction of the center rail. The locking structure is configured to switch between a first posture in which the first lever is configured to be caught by a catching portion formed on the center rail, rotated, and then locked with the second lever and a second posture in which the second lever is configured to be caught by a catching portion formed on the center swing arm, rotated, and then locked with the first lever.

Abstract: A dual lower rail structure for opposite sliding doors is provided. The dual lower rail structure includes a first lower rail mounted in a longitudinal direction at a lower side of a vehicle body, a second lower rail mounted in a longitudinal direction on a vehicle body at one side of the first lower rail, a first lower rail roller unit rollably connected to the first lower rail, a second lower rail roller unit having one end rollably connected to the second lower rail, and the other end connected to a sliding door, and a lower rail swing arm rotatably connected to the first lower rail roller unit and the sliding door.

Abstract: A spindle structure includes a lower rail mounted at a lower side of a vehicle body, a lower rail roller unit rollably connected to the lower rail, a lower rail swing arm rotatably connected to the lower rail roller unit and a door, a lower guide rail mounted on the door and configured to form a lower guide route, and a spindle assembly positioned at one end of the lower rail, the spindle assembly including a spindle connected to a fixing unit fixed to the vehicle body, the spindle having one end rollably connected to the lower guide rail, having a threaded portion formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof, and being configured to be movable in a threaded manner between the vehicle body and the door.

Abstract: A link type structure includes a lower rail mounted in a longitudinal direction at a lower side of a vehicle body, a lower rail roller unit rollably connected to the lower rail, a lower rail swing arm rotatably connected to the lower rail roller unit and a door, a first link member having a first end rotatably connected to the door and a second end connected to a link hinge, a second link member having a first end rotatably connected to the lower rail roller unit and a second end connected to the link hinge, and a spring provided on the link hinge. The spring is configured to supply elastic force such that one end of the first link member applies force to the door in a direction toward outside of the vehicle body.