Opening and closing device for a vehicle door

摘要

A vehicle is provided with an opening and closing device for opening and closing the vehicle door. A hook mechanism holds the door in an open condition, an electric releasing actuator is operatively connected to the hook mechanism to unhook the hook mechanism for permitting the door to be moved in the closing direction, an electric driving device is adapted to move the door in the closing direction, and an operation means generates a signal for directing that the door be moved in the closing direction. In addition, a control device controls the operation of the electric releasing actuator based upon the signal from the operation means, and controls the electric driving device to initiate driving operation of the electric driving device after initiation of the operation of the electric releasing actuator.