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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2004
Filed:
May. 21, 2003
Seika Matsui, Chiryu, JP;
Mizuho Morimitsu, Kariya, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle door apparatus includes a drive mechanism and a closure mechanism including a striker and a latch. The striker is positioned within a region where the striker is engageable with the latch when the drive mechanism drives the door in a closing direction. The latch is driven to engage with the striker and shifted to a final locked position by the closure mechanism. The vehicle door apparatus also includes a control mechanism for controlling operations of the drive mechanism and the closure mechanism, a detection mechanism for detecting the striker to be positioned within the region where the striker is engageable with the latch, and a drive force decreasing mechanism provided in the control mechanism for decreasing an output of the drive mechanism after the detecting mechanism detects that the strikes is positioned within the region where the striker is engageable with the latch.