Patent ID: 7815229

Claim:
A door opening and closing apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a latch unit holding a vehicle door in a closed state relative to a vehicle body, the latch unit comprising a latch engageable with a striker of the vehicle; a lift lever connected to a cable and the cable connected to the latch unit so that the lift lever is connected to the latch unit to effect operation of the latch unit permitting the vehicle door to be moved towards an open state; an open lever operatively connected to the lift lever; a locking lever switching a locking knob between a locked state and an unlocked state, the locking lever including a first lever connected to the open lever and a second lever connected to the first lever for relative rotation with a predetermined angle, the second lever operated by a locking actuator; a biasing member disposed between the first lever and the second lever to bias the first lever in a direction of an original position where the first lever is placed before rotating relative to the second lever; an outside handle lever connected to an outside handle and operatively connected to the open lever; and a release lever connected to the lift lever and operated by a release actuator to operate the lift lever so as to effect said operation of the latch unit.