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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2010
Keisuke Matsumoto, Anjo, JP;
Yoshitaka Kato, Anjo, JP;
Toshitsugu Oda, Okazaki, JP;
Tomoaki Nishimura, Kariya, JP;
Keisuke Matsumoto, Anjo, JP;
Yoshitaka Kato, Anjo, JP;
Toshitsugu Oda, Okazaki, JP;
Tomoaki Nishimura, Kariya, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A door opening and closing apparatus for a vehicle, includes a latch mechanism adapted so as to retain a vehicle door in a closed state relative to a vehicle body, an outside lever provided within a space formed inside of the vehicle door so as to be positioned closer to an interior of the vehicle and linked to an outside handle adapted to be rotatably supported by the vehicle door, a detection switch detecting an operation to the outside handle when the outside lever contacts the detection switch in response to an operation of the outside lever, and a release device releasing a retention of the vehicle door in the closed state by means of the latch mechanism by the release device actuating the latch mechanism when a rotational operation of the outside handle is detected by the detection switch while the vehicle door is in a locked state.