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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2020
Aisin Corporation, Aichi, JP;
Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya, JP;
Yoshihiro Oji, Kariya, JP;
Keisuke Nomura, Kariya, JP;
Shinji Kazama, Kariya, JP;
Kazuhiro Hibi, Kariya, JP;
Kazuhiro Ikeda, Kariya, JP;
AISIN CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A step device for a vehicle includes: a movable step supported under a door opening; a coupling member that moves the movable step in a vehicle width direction in conjunction with opening and closing of a sliding door; and a sub-step that is disposed under the door opening. The movable step moves under the sub-step toward an outer side in the vehicle width direction so as to be disposed in a deployed position in which the movable step protrudes from the sub-step toward the outer side in the vehicle width direction. The sub-step has an overlapping region that covers an upper side of the movable step in a state where the movable step is disposed in the deployed position.