Step apparatus for vehicle

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9211841
APP PUB NO 20150203043A1
SERIAL NO

14597378

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A step apparatus for a vehicle includes a step panel facing an opening formed at a body of a vehicle and fixed to a step support portion which is provided at the body, the step panel made of resin and securing a moving path of an opening and closing member, the moving path being secured at a void defined between the step panel and the step support portion in a height direction of the vehicle, and a leg member connected to the step panel and configured to extend between the step panel and the step support portion at a predetermined position on the moving path in an open state of the opening and closing member, the leg member moving away from the moving path for clearing the moving path before the opening and closing member reaches the leg member during a closing operation of the opening and closing member.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Nakanishi, Eisuke Kariya, JP 5 6
Sakai, Shin Kariya, JP 24 139
Suzuki, Seiichi Miyoshi, JP 87 1441

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