Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle step device
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Application No.: US17203831Application Date: 2021-03-17
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Publication No.: US11890981B2Publication Date: 2024-02-06
- Inventor: Tomoyuki Kato
- Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Aichi
- Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kariya
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP 20074625 2020.04.20
- Main IPC: B60P1/43
- IPC: B60P1/43 ; B60P1/44

Abstract:
A vehicle step device includes: a movable step that is provided in a door opening of a vehicle; and a drive controller that drives the movable step so that the movable step operates in deployment and storage directions. The drive controller includes a sidewalk detection unit that detects a sidewalk provided in parallel with a traveling road surface of the vehicle, a separation distance detecting unit that detects a separation distance between a side edge portion of the vehicle in which the movable step is stored and the sidewalk, and a deployment amount setting unit that sets a deployment amount of the movable step extending in a width direction of the traveling road surface from the side edge portion of the vehicle based on the separation distance. The deployment amount setting unit sets a deployment amount of the movable step to be larger as the separation distance increases.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210323458A1 VEHICLE STEP DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-10-21
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