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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2017
Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigenori Hiramoto, Kanagawa, JP;
MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle-door opening and closing device includes: a latch unit configured to keep a vehicle door in a half latched state or a fully latched state; a power close mechanism configured to displace the vehicle door from the half latched state to the fully latched state; a power release mechanism configured to release the fully latched state to bring the vehicle door to an openable state; and a drive gear configured to be driven by a motor. The power release mechanism is configured to be actuated with a drive force of the drive gear. A return switch configured to be switched upon driving in a predetermined drive range sufficient to complete actuation of the power release mechanism is placed near the drive gear. The motor is configured to return the drive gear based on a signal from the return switch.