Patent ID: 7438331
Filing Date: 2008-10-21
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for opening and closing a sliding door of a vehicle, which allows a sliding door of a vehicle to be slidably moved between an open and closed position, comprising: an inside knob unit; a door operation lever unit that is rotated when an the inside knob unit is operated; a door holding unit that is released by rotation of the door operation lever unit, wherein the door holding unit includes a fully closing holding unit that holds the door to be fully closed, and a fully opening holding unit that holds the door to be fully opened; an operation output unit that is included in the inside knob unit; and a base plate on which the inside knob unit is arranged in such a manner that the inside knob unit is moved to be operated, and on which the door operation lever unit is arranged in such a manner that the door operation lever unit partially faces an area in which the operation output unit is moved in response to an operation of the inside knob unit, wherein the door operation lever unit is rotated by making the operation output unit abut on the door operation lever unit when the inside knob unit is operated, wherein the door operation lever unit includes the inside knob unit includes a first operation output unit and a second operation output unit each being operative to rotate one of the door opening lever and the door closing lever, respectively, wherein the inside knob unit is arranged on the base plate in such a manner that the inside knob unit can be knocked around an operation shaft as an axis, the operation shaft being arranged substantially orthogonal to the axis of the rotation of the door opening lever and the door closing lever, and the operation output unit is arranged on both sides of the operation shaft across the axis of rotation, and when the inside knob unit is rocked in a first direction, the door opening lever is rotated through one of the operation output units, and when the inside knob unit is rocked in a second direction, the door closing lever is rotated through the other operation unit, wherein the inside knob unit is operated in the first direction to relay the fully closing holding unit, and the inside knob unit is operated in the second direction to release the fully opening holding unit.