Patent ID: 6701671
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: E05B,E05F,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
A vehicular slide door apparatus, comprising:a slide door adapted to be moved along a lengthwise direction of a vehicle body for opening an opening area formed in a lateral side of the vehicle body upon an opening movement of the slide door and for closing the opening area upon a closing movement of the slide door; an inside door handle operable to initiate the opening and closing movement of the slide door; an outside door handle operable to initiate the opening and closing movement of the slide door; a drive device assisting the slide door to move; a door lock device for maintaining the slide door in a position closing the opening area; an open lever operatively associated with the inside door handle to transmit operation of the inside door handle to the lock device, the open lever including a switch engaging portion; a child-proof lever positionable in an operative position to prevent an opening operation of the inside door handle from being transmitted to the open lever; and a switch operatively associated with the drive device to operate the drive device upon actuation of the switch by engagement with the switch engaging portion of the open lever, the outside door handle being operatively associated with the switch to actuate the switch when the outside door handle is operated to initiate the closing movement of the slide door and when the outside door handle is operated to initiate the opening movement of the slide door, the inside door handle being operatively associated with the switch to actuate the switch when the inside door handle is operated to initiate the closing movement of the slide door, the switch not being actuated when the inside door handle is operated to initiate the opening movement of the slide door at a time when the child-proof lever is in the operative position; a remote control device, the remote control device operating the door lock device upon operation of one of the inside door handle and the outside door handle to initiate the opening movement of the slide door, the remote control device including the switch and the open lever; and wherein the remote control device further includes an input lever coupled to the inside door handle and to which an operation force is transmitted from the inside door handle, an opening-directional lever positioned to be rotated when the input lever is rotated in one direction, and a closing-directional lever positioned to be rotated when the input lever is rotated in the other direction, the closing-directional lever actuating the switch.