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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2003
Yoshitomo Ihashi, Wako, JP;
Yoshitomo Ihashi, Wako, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a door opening/closing apparatus allowing a door opening to have as wide an area as possible, an improved structure is provided which can serve to obviate the need for including a reinforcement structure or an additional seal structure, so that the door opening/closing apparatus can be simplified in structure. An arm memberis coupled to a door of a vehicle, and a driving unitis provided inside a vehicle body of the vehicle to move the arm member. The arm memberis arranged to be protrudable from inside of the vehicle body, through a space which the door D occupies when closed, pushing the door D open and pulling the door D shut. A seal memberis provided along an inner peripheral edge of a body panel PB defining a door opening S of the vehicle body, and a through openingthrough which the arm memberis protrudable is formed in the seal member