Patent ID: 6739646
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: E05B,E05C,E05F,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
A vehicle body of a vehicle comprising:an opening which permits access into and out of the vehicle; a vehicle door movably supported by the vehicle body for opening and closing the opening; a hook mechanism which holds the vehicle door relative to the vehicle body under a door opened condition; a moving mechanism which moves the vehicle door relative to the vehicle body; an electric releasing actuator operatively connected to the hook mechanism to operate the hook mechanism and effect unhooking of the hook mechanism to permit the vehicle door to be moved in a closing direction to close the opening; an electric driving device operatively connected to the moving mechanism to operate the moving mechanism and move the vehicle door in the closing direction relative to the vehicle body to close the opening; operation means for generating a signal indicating that the vehicle door is to be moved in the closing direction to close the opening; control means for controlling operation of the electric releasing actuator based on the signal from the operation means and controlling operation of the electric driving device to initiate driving of the moving mechanism after initiating operation of the electric releasing actuator.