Patent ID: 8028375

Claim:
A pinch prevention structure of a slide door, comprising: the slide door provided to be movable between a closed position in which the slide door covers a side opening formed at a vehicle-body side face and an open position in which the slide door opens the side opening, the slide door being configured to move outward and subsequently slide rearward along a rear vehicle-body outer face when the slide door moves from the closed position to the open position, a gap being formed between the slide door and the vehicle-body side face such that the gap is formed between an inner side face of the slide door in the open position and a rear edge portion of the side opening formed at the vehicle-body side face when the slide door is moved from the closed position to the open position; a drive device operative to drive the slide door so as to move between the closed position and the open position; a drive control device operative to control the drive device; and a detection sensor operative to detect a state in which a foreign matter moves toward said gap formed between the slide door and the vehicle-body side face from a vehicle-compartment inside, but not pinched in the gap, wherein the drive control device is configured so that a drive of the slide door by the drive device is stopped in case the detection sensor detects said state of the foreign matter when the drive device drives the slide door in the closed position toward the open position.