Patent ID: 8336255

Claim:
An opening and closing apparatus comprising: an opening and closing body that is actuated to selectively open and close an opening; a force transmitting portion having a drive portion, the force transmitting portion transmitting drive force from the drive portion to the opening and closing body; an elongated sensor body for detecting an object between a closing-side end of the opening and closing body and a facing part of the periphery of the opening that faces the closing-side end of the opening and closing body, the closing-side end being at an advancing side of the opening and closing body when the opening and closing body is in a closing operation; an elongated support member fixed either to the closing-side end or the facing part, the support member being formed independently from the sensor body and supporting the sensor body; a control section that controls the drive portion based on a detection result of the object received from the sensor body; and a double-faced adhesive tape that fixes the sensor body to the support member, wherein the support member includes an attachment main body made of an insulating resin material and a reinforcing member that is embedded in the attachment main body and reinforces the attachment main body, the reinforcing member has a sensor holding portion that is exposed to an outside from the attachment main body, and the double-faced adhesive tape is provided between the sensor holding portion and the sensor body.