VEHICLE DOOR OPENING AND CLOSING APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A vehicle door opening and closing apparatus comprising;
- a supporting member having an expandable and contractible shape and configured to be capable of holding a door at an opened position by being interposed between a body and the door of a vehicle,a socket provided on at least one of shaft end portions of the supporting member and configured to form a rotation coupling point of the supporting member by being fitted into a ball-shaped fitting portion provided at a coupling portion with respect to the supporting member, anda retaining ring provided in a fitting depression of the socket and capable of retaining the ball-shaped fitting portion in the fitting depression by reducing a diameter of the opening portion of the fitting depression, whereinthe socket is demountable from the shaft end portion of the supporting member in a state of being fitted to the ball-shaped fitting portion.
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Abstract
A vehicle door opening and closing apparatus includes: a supporting member having an expandable and contractible shape and configured to be capable of holding a door at an opened position by being interposed between a body and the door, a socket provided on at least one of shaft end portions of the supporting member and configured to form a rotation coupling point of the supporting member by being fitted into a ball-shaped fitting portion at a coupling portion with respect to the supporting member, and a retaining ring provided in a fitting depression of the socket and capable of retaining the ball-shaped fitting portion in the fitting depression by reducing a diameter of the opening portion of the fitting depression. The socket is demountable from the shaft end portion in a state of being fitted to the ball-shaped fitting portion.
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16 Claims
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1. A vehicle door opening and closing apparatus comprising;
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a supporting member having an expandable and contractible shape and configured to be capable of holding a door at an opened position by being interposed between a body and the door of a vehicle, a socket provided on at least one of shaft end portions of the supporting member and configured to form a rotation coupling point of the supporting member by being fitted into a ball-shaped fitting portion provided at a coupling portion with respect to the supporting member, and a retaining ring provided in a fitting depression of the socket and capable of retaining the ball-shaped fitting portion in the fitting depression by reducing a diameter of the opening portion of the fitting depression, wherein the socket is demountable from the shaft end portion of the supporting member in a state of being fitted to the ball-shaped fitting portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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