Aisin Corporation

Masashi Miwa

Kimihiro Kinoshita

Norio Kato

Takahisa Kobayashi

Atsushi Muramatsu

Natsuki Ito

A step apparatus for a vehicle includes: an arm rotatably provided on a base; and a step supported by the arm and movably provided, by rotation of the arm, between a deployed position and a stowed position located at an inner side of a vehicle width direction with respect to the deployed position. The step apparatus for a vehicle is in, by the rotation of the arm, a deployed state in which the step is disposed at the deployed position and the step is to be used or a stowed state in which the step is disposed at the stowed position and stowed under a vehicle body. At least one of the step and the base includes a contact portion to be brought into contact with the other one. The contact portion is provided to contact the other one of the step and the base when the step is disposed at the stowed position.

Step apparatus for vehicle

A step apparatus for a vehicle includes a base attached to an outer side of a vehicle body, an arm rotatably provided on the base, and a step supported by the arm and movable with respect to the base. The step apparatus for a vehicle is in, by rotation of the arm, a deployed state in which the step is to be used or a stowed state in which the step is stowed under the vehicle body. A first rotation axis of a base end of the arm and a second rotation axis of a tip end of the arm are inclined upward toward an outer side of a vehicle width direction in an attached state in which the step apparatus for a vehicle is attached to the vehicle body.

To provide an emergency release device of a lock system capable of opening a trunk lid using an emergency release lever, the emergency release lever is manipulatable between a first position for placing a pawl in an engagement position and a second position for placing the pawl in a non-engagement position from the inner side of the trunk and is biased toward the first position. An anti-return mechanism prevents the emergency release lever from returning from the second position to the first position when the emergency release lever is manipulated from the first position to the second position.

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Toyokawa, Japan

Masashi Miwa