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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2020
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya, 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 SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kariya, JP;
TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A step device for a vehicle includes a movable step and a coupling member. The movable step includes a guide rail. The coupling member is configured to cause the movable step to move from a deployed position to a retracted position as a engaging part comes into sliding contact with a side wall of the guide rail that is located on an inner side in a vehicle width direction and, while pressing the side wall, moves inside the guide rail in a direction of closing a sliding door. The guide rail is configured such that a terminal end region on a closing side including a terminal end position at which the engaging part is located when the sliding door is fully closed constitutes a closing-side free running zone in which the engaging part does not press either of the side walls.