Patent ID: 9347253
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: E05B,E05C,E05D,E05F,E05Y

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle door opening-closing device comprising: a door handle that is supported by a vehicle door arranged on a vehicle body of a vehicle, wherein the door handle is movable from an initial position to a movement position and is operated to open or close the vehicle door; an urging member that urges the door handle in a second direction from the movement position toward the initial position and moves the door handle from the movement position to the initial position after the door handle has been moved in a first direction from the initial position to the movement position and then released; an opening-closing operation detector that detects movement of the door handle in the first direction from the initial position to the movement position and detects movement of the door handle in the second direction from the movement position to the initial position; a door drive mechanism configured to drive the vehicle door open or closed; and a controller that actuates the door drive mechanism based on a second detection signal that is output from the opening-closing operation detector when the open-closing operation detector detects the movement of the door handle in the second direction subsequent to an output of a first direction signal that is output from the opening-closing operation detector when the opening-closing operation detector detects the movement of the door handle in the first direction.