IP Library Granted Patent US 11,433,819
Granted Patent B2
US 11,433,819 · App. 17/012,385 · Granted Sep 6, 2022

Step device for vehicle

Inventors: Yoshihiro Oji (Kariya, JP); Keisuke Nomura (Kariya, JP); Shinji Kazama (Kariya, JP); Kazuhiro Hibi (Kariya, JP); Kazuhiro Ikeda (Kariya, JP)
Assignees: AISIN CORPORATION; TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60R3/02
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Patent No.
US 11,433,819
App. No.
17/012,385
Granted
Sep 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A step device for a vehicle includes: a movable step supported under a door opening; a coupling member that moves the movable step in a vehicle width direction in conjunction with opening and closing of a sliding door; and a sub-step that is disposed under the door opening. The movable step moves under the sub-step toward an outer side in the vehicle width direction so as to be disposed in a deployed position in which the movable step protrudes from the sub-step toward the outer side in the vehicle width direction. The sub-step has an overlapping region that covers an upper side of the movable step in a state where the movable step is disposed in the deployed position.

Claims (15)

1. A step device for a vehicle, the step device comprising:

a movable step supported under a door opening;

a coupling member configured to, in a state of being supported by a sliding door, engage with the movable step to move the movable step in a vehicle width direction in conjunction with opening and closing of the sliding door, the sliding door being configured to move in a vehicle front-rear direction with a shifting zone in the vehicle width direction; and

a sub-step that is disposed under the door opening, along with the movable step, in a state of being fixed to a vehicle body,

wherein the movable step is configured to move under the sub-step toward an outer side in the vehicle width direction so as to be disposed in a deployed position in which the movable step protrudes from the sub-step toward the outer side in the vehicle width direction, and the sub-step has an overlapping region that covers an upper side of the movable step in a state where the movable step is disposed in the deployed position, and

wherein the sub-step includes a base part that is fixed to the vehicle body, and a step part that is coupled to the base part so as to be turnable in an up-down direction and comes into sliding contact with an upper surface of the movable step.

2. The step device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a ridge extending in the vehicle width direction is provided on the upper surface of the movable step.

3. The step device for the vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the movable step includes a first engaging part, the first engaging part being configured to restrict movement of the movable step toward the outer side in the vehicle width direction by engaging with a second engaging part provided in the sub-step as the movable step moves to the deployed position.

4. A step device for a vehicle, the step device comprising:

a movable step supported under a door opening;

a coupling member configured to, in a state of being supported by a sliding door, engage with the movable step to move the movable step in a vehicle width direction in conjunction with opening and closing of the sliding door, the sliding door being configured to move in a vehicle front-rear direction with a shifting zone in the vehicle width direction; and

a sub-step that is disposed under the door opening, along with the movable step, in a state of being fixed to a vehicle body,

wherein the movable step is configured to move under the sub-step toward an outer side in the vehicle width direction so as to be disposed in a deployed position in which the movable step protrudes from the sub-step toward the outer side in the vehicle width direction, and the sub-step has an overlapping region that covers an upper side of the movable step in a state where the movable step is disposed in the deployed position,

wherein the sub-step includes a base part that is fixed to the vehicle body, and a step part that is coupled to the base part so as to be turnable in an up-down direction and comes into sliding contact with an upper surface of the movable step, and

wherein the movable step includes a first engaging part, the first engaging part being configured to restrict movement of the movable step toward the outer side in the vehicle width direction by engaging with a second engaging part provided in the sub-step as the movable step moves to the deployed position.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2022
From: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: AISIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058746/0869 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 4, 2020
From: OJI, YOSHIHIRO; NOMURA, KEISUKE; KAZAMA, SHINJI; HIBI, KAZUHIRO; IKEDA, KAZUHIRO
To: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA; TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 053694/0850 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-164027 · Sep 9, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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