Patent ID: 11933081
Assignee: KIA CORPORATION
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. A door-opening-and-closing device for a vehicle, the vehicle having a door and a compressible weather strip mounted in a region of a surface of a body portion of the vehicle for sealing the door, the device comprising:
a latch;
a striker configured to be lockably fitted into an engaging groove of the latch when the door of vehicle is closed; and
a permanent magnet configured to be mounted at a predetermined location of the body portion of the vehicle or the door, the permanent magnet configured to maintain the striker in a state of being fitted into the latch by magnetic attraction between the permanent magnet and the striker, wherein the permanent magnet has a magnetic force exceeding a repulsive force of the weather strip generated by compression of the weather strip and wherein the magnetic force exceeds the repulsive force in an initial operation of opening a vehicle door.