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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2016
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Masaki Yoshino, Aichi-ken, JP;
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kariya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
An outside handle device for a vehicle includes an outside handle being rotatably supported at a vehicle door between an initial position and an operation position, the operation position in which a lock device being provided at the vehicle door is switched from a latched state to an unlatched state, a first actuator generating a drive force that rotates the outside handle to a grip position that corresponds to a position between the initial position and the operation position, a first switch being disposed at a portion of the outside handle, the portion disposed inwardly of the vehicle, the first switch operating the first actuator when being pressed, and a switch operation lever rotating when the outside handle rotates inwardly of the vehicle from the initial position and pressing the first switch.