Patent ID: 7429073

Claim:
A door operating apparatus that opens and closes a door of a vehicle by transmitting a driving force of a driving motor to a door operating mechanism, the door operating apparatus comprising: a motor bracket that covers a driving shaft of the driving motor, and holds the driving motor to a supporting bracket; an output shaft that is disposed from the motor bracket toward the supporting bracket so as to be orthogonal to an extending direction of the driving shaft; a first rotational element that is linked with the driving shaft of the driving motor, and disposed on the output shaft and disposed within the motor bracket; a second rotational element that is linked with the door operating mechanism, and disposed between the first rotational element and the supporting bracket on the output shaft; and a clutch unit including a clutch driving section that supports a rotation of the output shaft, wherein the clutch driving section is mounted to and held by the supporting bracket, wherein when the first rotational element and the second rotational element are engaged by driving of the clutch driving section, the door operating mechanism is actuated by the driving force of the driving motor.