Patent ID: 8590913

Claim:
An intelligent side step apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a base block that is fixed to a vehicle body panel disposed at a lower end of a vehicle door; a step motor that is fixed to the base block; a driving shaft that is engaged with the step motor and is rotated by power transmitted from the step motor; a plurality of joint steps that are pivotally coupled each other in sequence; and a step operating mechanism that is coupled with the driving shaft, positioned inside of the joint steps and engaged with each of the joint steps, rotates with the driving shaft, and moves in a forward or backward direction according to rotation of the driving shaft, and wherein one of the plurality of joint steps is pivotally connected to the base block, and wherein the joint steps are retracted to come in close contact with the vehicle body panel or deployed and drawn out in a vehicle width direction according to a movement of the step operating mechanism.