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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023
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, and a coupling member supported by a sliding door that opens and closes in a vehicle front-rear direction with a shifting zone in a vehicle width direction. The movable step is provided with a guide rail that opens downward and extends in the vehicle front-rear direction. The coupling member includes: a fixed member fixed to the sliding door; an arm member coupled to the fixed member; a guide roller disposed inside the guide rail; and an urging member configured to apply to the arm member an urging force in a direction in which the guide roller turns upward.