Patent ID: 7931312

Claim:
An apparatus for opening and closing a door of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a door-operating knob that is operated to open or close the door; a closed-door holding unit configured to hold the door in a closed state, and to release the door in response to an opening operation of the door-operating knob to allow an opening of the door with respect to a body of the vehicle; an opened-door holding unit configured to hold the door in an opened state, and to release the door in response to a closing operation of the door-operating knob to allow a closing of the door with respect to the body of the vehicle; and a control unit that controls operations of the closed-door holding unit and the opened-door holding unit, the control unit including: a base plate; and a door-operating lever configured to cause the closed-door holding unit to release the door by rotating in one direction, and to cause the opened-door holding unit to release the door by rotating in another direction, wherein: the door-operating lever is disposed on the base plate and provided with an output-portion engagement hole, the door-operating knob is pivotally attached to a knob base member via an operation shaft member and includes an operation output portion that engages with the door-operating lever, the operation output portion protrudes from the door-operating knob toward an opposite direction of the operation shaft member through a notch provided in the knob base member and through the output-portion engagement hole of the door-operating lever, when the door-operating knob is operated to open or close the door, the operation output portion makes a contact with the door-operating lever to be engaged in such a manner that the door-operating lever is rotated in either of the directions; the control unit is attached on a side of a door inner panel facing an inside of the vehicle, and the door-operating knob is disposed such that the door-operating knob overlaps the door-operating lever in a width direction of the vehicle.