Patent ID: 9403422
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: B60J,B61D,E05B,E05D,E05F,E05Y,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A plug door device comprising: a slide base installed on a fixed base that is fixed to a body of a vehicle, slidably in a vehicle width direction perpendicular to a vehicle length direction; a door drive mechanism that is installed on the slide base and has a drive portion including an electric motor, a drive wheel member to which a driving force from the drive portion is input, at least one follower wheel member provided in association with the drive wheel member, and an endless member that is looped around the drive wheel member and the follower wheel member so as to circle therearound, the door drive mechanism being installed on the slide base within an opening range of an entrance of the vehicle and in a range from a front end portion of an entrance of the vehicle to a rear end portion on the entrance of the vehicle as viewed in the vehicle width direction and performing an opening and closing operation for the door along the vehicle length direction, and wherein at least part of the driving force from the drive portion is used to move the slide base and door drive mechanism in a plugging operation of moving the door in a vehicle width direction.