Step apparatus for vehicle and structure arrangement of step apparatus for vehicle

摘要

A step apparatus for a vehicle is provided at an entrance of a vehicle body opened and closed by a slide door slidably supported to the vehicle body via a door arm in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The step apparatus includes a main body provided at a lower position than a vehicle floor, a drive mechanism provided in the main body, and a step provided in the main body to be movable between a protruded position and a retracted position relative to the main body in association with an opening movement and a closing movement of the slide door. The drive mechanism includes a drive portion driving the step to move to the protruded position relative to the main body in a width direction of the vehicle with an inclination towards a backward side of the vehicle in association with the opening movement of the slide door.