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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2022
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Yukihiro Moriyama, Aki-gun, JP;
Eisuke Kuramoto, Aki-gun, JP;
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle having improved opening and closing operability of a side door includes a lever that projects to an outer side in a vehicle width direction from a storage position at which the handle lever is flush with the surface of a door outer panel, a position switch that detects the movement position of the lever, a latch mechanism that has a latch engageable with a striker in conjunction with the lever, a latch switch that detects whether the latch is in a full-latch state, a driving device capable of changing the position of the lever in a range from the storage position to a gripping position, and a CPU capable of controlling the driving device, in which the CPU forcibly changes the position of the lever to the gripping position when the latch is in a half-latch state and the lever is at the storage position.