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Power operating apparatus for vehicle door

  • US 6,401,392 B1
  • Filed: 03/29/2000
  • Issued: 06/11/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/26/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a vehicle:

  • a vehicle body to which a vehicle door is operatively attached so as to be moveable between an open position and a closed position, the vehicle body having inner and outer body panels whose inner peripheral edge portions define a door opening which is closed by the vehicle door; and

    a power operating apparatus arrangement, the power operating apparatus arrangement comprising;

    a drive mechanism provided inside the vehicle body with respect to the door opening to move the vehicle door in an opening direction toward the opened position and in a closing direction toward the closed position;

    a power-transmission mechanism mechanically linking the drive mechanism with the vehicle door to enable power transmission between the drive mechanism and the vehicle door;

    means for defining a through-opening in the inner and outer body panels of the vehicle body so that the through-opening is arranged outside of the door opening defined by the inner peripheral edge portions of the inner and outer body panels;

    said power-transmission mechanism having at least a linkage portion capable of moving in and out of an interior of the vehicle body, the linkage portion of said power-transmission mechanism being disposed through the through-opening, so that a locus of power movement of the linkage portion of said power-transmission mechanism is generated outside of the door opening defined by the inner peripheral edge portions of the inner and outer body panels.

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