Vehicle and vehicle step apparatus

• US 9,669,766 B2
• Filed: 10/05/2015
• Issued: 06/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Max (Hangzhou) Technology Co., Ltd. (T-Max Industrial (H.K.) Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: T-Max (Hangzhou) Industrial Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Du, Xinfa, Fan, Xing, Zhang, Qi
• Primary Examiner(s): PHAN, HAU VAN
• Application Number:
  US14/875,106
• Publication Number:
  US 20160347253A1
• Time in Patent Office: 610 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 3/002 Running boards for vehicle tops B60R3/005; at the sides of the vehicle for carrying loads B60R9/02
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 3/02 Retractable steps or ladders, e.g. movable under shock B60R3/005 takes precedence

Abstract

A vehicle includes a vehicle body; a door moveable between an opened position and a closed position, a step moveable between an extending position and a retracting position, a driving device for moving the step between the extending position and the retracting position, a magnetic member, an emitter, a receiver and a controller. The magnetic member is mounted on one of the vehicle body and the door, and the magnetic induction member is magnetically coupled with the magnetic member so as to generate a signals. The emitter is coupled with the magnetic induction member and configured to emit the signals and the receiver receives the signals from the emitter. The controller is coupled with the driving device and the receiver so as to drive the step to move between the extending position and the retracting position based on the signals.

Claims

1. A vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body;

a door mounted on the vehicle body and moveable between an opened position and a closed position;

a magnetic member mounted on one of the vehicle body and the door;

a magnetic induction member mounted on the other of the vehicle body and the door and magnetically coupled with the magnetic member so as to generate a first signal of opening the door and a second signal of closing the door;

wherein the door comprises a first front door and a first back door which are mounted on a first side of the vehicle body, and a second front door and a second back door which are mounted on a second side of the vehicle body,

wherein the magnetic member comprises first to four magnetic members, and the magnetic induction member comprises first to four magnetic induction members corresponding to the first to fourth magnetic members respectively,

wherein the first magnetic member is mounted on the first front door, the second magnetic member is mounted on the first back door, the third magnetic member is mounted on the second front door, the fourth magnetic member is mounted on the second back door,

wherein the first magnetic induction member is mounted on a first part of the vehicle body in front of the first front door, the second magnetic induction member is mounted on a second part of the vehicle body behind the first back door, the third magnetic induction member is mounted on a third part of the vehicle body in front of the second front door, the fourth magnetic induction member is mounted on a fourth part of the vehicle body behind the second back door.