Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for controlling auxiliary step rotated in association with door opening angle of vehicle
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Application No.: US14943173Application Date: 2015-11-17
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Publication No.: US09637057B2Publication Date: 2017-05-02
- Inventor: Myung-Kyu Lee
- Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
- Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- Agent Peter F. Corless
- Priority: KR10-2015-0130111 20150915
- Main IPC: B60R22/00
- IPC: B60R22/00 ; B60R3/02

Abstract:
A method for controlling an auxiliary step rotated in association with a door opening angle of a vehicle may include a start step of sensing the door opening angle of a door of the vehicle, a first determination step of determining whether the sensed door opening angle is zero, a second determination step of determining whether the sensed door opening angle is less than a preset reference angle, when the sensed door opening angle is not zero, and a first control step of rotating the auxiliary step by the sensed door opening angle, when the sensed door opening angle is less than the reference angle.
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