Patent ID: 9033354
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: B60J,B60R

Abstract:
1. A step device for a vehicle, comprising: a step member configured to be provided at a vehicle body; a drive member provided at the step member and configured to be linked to a slide door opening and closing a door opening formed at the vehicle body, the drive member configured to drive the slide door to open and close; the step member including a metal-made rail portion configured to be fixed to the vehicle body and configured to guide the slide door to move at an opening and closing operation of the slide door, and the step member including a resin-made step main body integrally including a step panel configured to serve as a foot step for a passenger that ingresses and egresses through the door opening, a rail fitting portion protruding from the step panel to be fitted onto an outer surface of the rail portion, and a drive member setting portion to which the drive member is set; wherein the resin-made step main body and the metal-made rail portion form a guide rail; the guide rail is configured to guide the slide door to move over an entire range of the opening and closing operation of the slide door; the rail portion includes a positioning portion serving as a reference point for determining a positional relationship with the step main body; the positioning portion corresponds to a fastening member extending in an upward-downward direction of the vehicle; and the step main body includes a positioning groove provided at a front end portion of the step main body, the positioning groove allowing the fastening member to be inserted therethrough and for moving the fastening member along an extending direction of the rail portion.