Patent ID: 7584572

Claim:
A driving apparatus for a vehicle door, comprising: a housing; a sun gear rotatably supported in the housing; a ring gear rotatably supported coaxially with the sun gear; a planetary carrier rotatably supported coaxially with the sun gear; a plurality of planetary gears rotatably supported to the planetary carrier and meshing with the sun gear and the ring gear; a motor connected to the ring gear to rotate the ring gear; an electromagnetic brake capable of applying a braking force to rotation of the sun gear; and an actuating member connected to the planetary carrier and linked to a door of a vehicle, and capable of moving the door in opening and closing directions, wherein the actuating member is a rotary drum capable of winding a cable connected to the door, the rotary drum is rotatably supported coaxially with the planetary carrier, the electromagnetic brake includes a cylindrical core, and the ring gear, the sun gear, and the planetary carrier are rotatably provided on the cylindrical core of the electromagnetic brake, the rotary drum has a drum shaft, and the cylindrical core is formed in a cylindrical shape with a bottom coaxial with the drum shaft rotatably supporting the rotary drum in the housing and is formed at a portion of the cylindrical core near a center of the cylindrical core with a cylindrical shaft portion coaxial with the drum shaft and inserted with the drum shaft, the planetary carrier and the sun gear are rotatably provided on the cylindrical shaft portion, and the planetary carrier is opposed to a side face of the sun gear and is connected so as to be rotatable integrally with the rotary drum by engagement of a projection provided on the other side face of the planetary carrier opposed to a side face of the rotary drum and a recess provided on the side face of the rotary drum.