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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2021
Aisin Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Masashi Miwa, Fujisawa, JP;
Atsushi Muramatsu, Fujisawa, JP;
Natsuki Ito, Fujisawa, JP;
Takahisa Kobayashi, Fujisawa, JP;
Norio Kato, Fujisawa, JP;
Kimihiro Kinoshita, Fujisawa, JP;
AISIN CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A step apparatus for a vehicle includes a base attached to an outer side of a vehicle body, an arm rotatably provided on the base, and a step supported by the arm and movable with respect to the base. The step apparatus for a vehicle is in, by rotation of the arm, a deployed state in which the step is to be used or a stowed state in which the step is stowed under the vehicle body. A first rotation axis of a base end of the arm and a second rotation axis of a tip end of the arm are inclined upward toward an outer side of a vehicle width direction in an attached state in which the step apparatus for a vehicle is attached to the vehicle body.