JP2016050420A - Vehicle door device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable an occupant to easily open a vehicle door by standing on the opening side of the vehicle door that is opened/closed by being rotated in such a manner that a vertical direction of a vehicle is set to be a rotation axis direction.SOLUTION: A side door 12 of a vehicle 10 is a swing-type vehicle door which has a rotating shaft 15 provided at a front side end in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and which has the longitudinal rear side of the vehicle opened. A door handle 20, which is held when the side door 12 is opened/closed, is provided at a vehicular longitudinal rear side end of the side door 12. The door handle 20 is supported to be rotatable around a rotating shaft 25 that is provided at the vehicular longitudinal rear side end.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle door device.

  A vehicle including a power slide door device (automatic door open / close device) that opens and closes a slide door by an actuator such as a motor is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).

  Here, in the case of a swing-type vehicle door that opens and closes by rotating with the vehicle vertical direction as the rotation axis direction, when the passenger stands on the opening side of the vehicle door and grips the door handle to perform the opening operation, the vehicle As the door opening angle increases, the occupant bends his wrist inward. As a result, it is difficult to force the hand, so it is difficult to open the vehicle door. For example, it is necessary to change the hand to the door frame or the like during the opening operation. Therefore, there was room for improvement in this respect.

JP 2008-285885 A JP 2008-296777 A

  In consideration of the above facts, the present invention provides a vehicle door device in which an occupant can easily open a vehicle door by standing on the open side of the vehicle door that opens and closes by rotating with the vehicle vertical direction as a rotation axis direction. The purpose is to provide.

  The vehicle door device according to claim 1 is a vehicle door that opens and closes by rotating in the vehicle up-down direction as a rotation axis direction, a door drive device that opens the vehicle door, and an open side of the vehicle door. A door handle that rotates in such a manner that the vehicle vertical direction is the rotational axis direction and the opening side opposite to the opening side of the vehicle door is the opening side, grip detection means provided on the door handle, Operating means for operating the door driving device while the grip detection means is detecting gripping.

  In the vehicle door device according to the first aspect, the occupant stands on the open side of the vehicle door and holds the door handle. While the grip detection means is detecting gripping, the operation means operates the door driving device, and the opening operation of the vehicle door is performed.

  The door handle rotates such that the vertical direction of the vehicle is the rotational axis direction and the side opposite to the open side of the vehicle door is the open side. Therefore, even when the vehicle door is opened and the opening angle is increased, the door handle rotates, so that the wrist of the passenger holding the door handle is bent less inward than when the door handle does not rotate. Therefore, even if the opening angle of the vehicle door increases, the occupant can easily hold the door handle.

  In this way, when the occupant grips the door handle, the door driving device operates to open the vehicle door, and the occupant can easily grip the door handle even when the opening angle of the vehicle door increases. . Therefore, an occupant stands on the open side of the vehicle door that opens and closes by rotating with the vehicle vertical direction as the rotation axis direction, and the vehicle door can be easily opened.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vehicular door device according to the first aspect, wherein the door handle has a retracted state in which an outer surface of the door handle is flush or substantially flush with a design surface of the vehicular door; A door handle driving device that moves the door handle to a protruding state that rotates and protrudes a predetermined amount from the design surface of the vehicle door, and the door handle is further rotatable from the protruding state to the open side It is configured.

  In the vehicle door device according to claim 2, the design of the vehicle door is improved by the storage state in which the outer surface of the door handle is flush with or substantially flush with the design surface of the vehicle door. Air resistance during travel is reduced. However, when the vehicle door is opened, the occupant can grip the door handle because the door handle protrudes from the design surface of the vehicle door by a predetermined amount.

  Since the door handle further rotates from the protruding state, it is less necessary to bend the wrist of the passenger holding the door handle inward than when the door handle does not rotate. Therefore, even if the opening angle of the vehicle door increases, the occupant can easily hold the door handle.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the vehicle door device according to the first or second aspect, wherein the door handle device includes a closed state that is flush with or substantially flush with the design surface, and the door handle. A cover member that can be in an open state in which a space for gripping is formed is provided adjacent to the door handle.

  In the vehicle door device according to the third aspect, the occupant can grip the door handle by opening the cover member. Therefore, even when the occupant can hold the door handle, the design surface of the vehicle door and the outer surface of the door handle are flush or substantially flush, and the design is improved.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, an occupant can stand on the open side of a vehicle door that opens and closes by rotating in the vehicle up-down direction as the rotation axis direction, and the vehicle door can be easily opened.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the outer surface of the door handle is flush with or substantially flush with the design surface of the vehicle door, so that the design of the vehicle door is improved and the air resistance during traveling is improved. To reduce.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, even when the occupant can grip the door handle, the design surface of the vehicle door and the outer surface of the door handle are flush or substantially flush, improves.

(A) is an expanded perspective view of the principal part of a side door provided with the vehicle door device which concerns on 1st embodiment of this invention, (B) is a perspective view of the pick-up state which the door door handle protruded predetermined amount outside. is there. (A) is a horizontal sectional view along line 2A-2A in FIG. 1 (A), and (B) is a horizontal sectional view along line 2B-2B in FIG. 1 (B). It is explanatory drawing at the time of seeing from the vehicle upper side explaining the opening operation | movement of the side door explaining a passenger | crew standing on the open side (vehicle back-and-forth direction rear side) of the side door shown in FIG. 1, and holding a door handle. FIG. 1A shows a side door opening operation performed by an occupant standing on the side door opening side (the vehicle longitudinal direction rear side) shown in FIG. It is a figure and (B) is a mimetic diagram showing the state where a side door opened a little, (C) is a mimetic diagram showing the state where the side door was further opened rather than (B). It is an enlarged side view which shows the principal part of a side door provided with the vehicle door apparatus which concerns on 2nd embodiment of this invention. FIG. 6 is a horizontal sectional view taken along line 6-6 in FIG. (A) is a block diagram of the vehicle door apparatus which concerns on 1st embodiment of this invention, (B) is a block diagram of the principal part of the vehicle door apparatus which concerns on 2nd embodiment of this invention.

<First embodiment>
The vehicle door device according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 and FIG. In addition, the arrow FR, arrow OUT, and arrow UP which are shown in each figure have each shown the vehicle front-back direction front side, the vehicle width direction outer side, and the vehicle up-down direction upper side. FIG. 3 is a view as seen from the upper side of the vehicle, but a side door 12 and a door handle 20 which will be described later are shown as a perspective view slightly seen from the obliquely upper side in the vehicle width direction. Further, in the explanatory view of FIG. 4, the side door 12 and the door handle 20 are schematically illustrated.

(overall structure)
As shown in FIG. 7A, the vehicle door device 50 according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a door handle device 30, a door latch device 42, a door driving device 46, a portable device 34, a receiving device 36, and a control. A device 40 is included. The door handle device 30 includes an outdoor door handle 20 (see FIG. 1), a grip detection sensor 28 (see FIG. 1) provided on the door handle 20, a door handle drive device 32 having an actuator such as an electric motor, and a door. It has a door handle position detection device 31 that detects that the handle 20 has been pushed in from a pop-up position (FIGS. 1B and 2B) described later.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the side door 12 of the vehicle 10 is a swing-type vehicle door that has a rotating shaft 15 at the front end in the vehicle front-rear direction and is opened at the rear side in the vehicle front-rear direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, a door handle 20 that is gripped when the side door 12 is opened and closed is provided at a rear end portion in the vehicle front-rear direction of the side door 12.

  As shown in FIGS. 1B and 2, the door handle 20 includes an outer plate portion 22 and an inner plate portion 24 that are arranged in a V shape in plan view. A grip detection sensor 28 (see also FIG. 7A) is provided on the inner surface 22B of the outer plate portion 22.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 (A) and 2 (A), when the side door 12 is not opened or closed when the vehicle 10 is running or parked, the door handle 20 is stored in the side door 12. It is in a state. In the stored state in which the door handle 20 is stored, the outer surface 22A of the outer plate portion 22 of the door handle 20 is flush with or substantially flush with the design surface (outer surface) 12A of the side door 12.

  When the door handle 20 is stored in the side door 12 and is flush or substantially flush, the occupant cannot grip the door handle 20.

  However, as shown in FIGS. 1 (B) and 2 (B), the door handle 20 is supported so as to be rotatable around a rotary shaft 25 provided at the rear end in the vehicle front-rear direction, and the door handle device. 30 door handle drive devices 32 (see FIG. 7A) are configured to rotate.

  And the control apparatus 40 controls the door handle drive device 32 (refer FIG. 7), and as shown in FIG.1 (B) and FIG.2 (B), it rotates so that the door handle 20 may protrude outside. The door handle 20 is in a pop-up state that can be gripped by the occupant M (see FIGS. 3 and 4).

  In this embodiment, when the side door 12 is opened / closed from the outside of the vehicle, a passenger presses a button (not shown) provided on the portable device 34 shown in FIG. send. When the receiving device 36 receives this signal S, the control device 40 controls the door handle driving device 32 so that the door handle 20 protrudes by a predetermined amount.

  Further, as shown by an imaginary line (a two-dot broken line) in FIG. 2B, the door handle 20 is gripped by the occupant M (see FIGS. 3 and 4) and further outward from the pop-up position protruding a predetermined amount. It can be rotated. Although not shown, the door handle 20 can be pushed inward from the pop-up position. As described above, the door handle position detection device 31 shown in FIG. 7A is configured to detect the inward pushing of the door handle 20.

  When the occupant M releases the hand MA (see FIGS. 3 and 4) while the door handle 20 is rotated outward and inward, it returns to the pop-up position projected by a predetermined amount by biasing means such as a spring. It is configured.

  Further, the side door 12 is latched and released by the door latch device 42 shown in FIG. In this way, in this embodiment, the door latch is performed by the electric door latch device 42, and the door handle 20 is not connected to the door latch. Therefore, the door handle 20 can be freely rotated as described above.

  A door drive device 46 shown in FIG. 7A is a power assist device that opens and closes the side door 12 by an actuator such as a drive motor (not shown). As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the door driver 46 grips the door handle 20 (the outer plate portion 22 thereof) with the hand MA, and the grip detection sensor 28 (see FIGS. 4 and 7). The control device 40 (see FIG. 7) is operated to release when it detects gripping, and stops when the gripping is no longer detected after the hand MA is released from the door handle 20 (the outer plate portion 22). Is controlled by. In other words, the door driving device 46 is controlled by the control device 40 so that the door driving device 46 operates and opens only while the grip detection sensor 28 (see FIGS. 4 and 7) detects gripping. Yes.

  Further, when the occupant M pushes the door handle 20 inward from the pop-up position shown in FIG. 2B by the occupant M with the hand MA (see FIGS. 3 and 4), the door drive position detection device 31 ( 7A) detects the push-in, and the door driving device 46 (see FIG. 7) operates to perform the closing operation, and the hand MA (see FIGS. 3 and 4) is released from the door handle 20 to the pop-up position. It is controlled by the control device 40 (see FIG. 7) so that the operation is stopped when the return is not detected. In other words, the door drive device 46 is controlled so that the door drive device 46 operates and performs a closing operation only while the door handle position detection device 31 (see FIG. 7A) detects the pushing of the door handle 20. It is controlled by the device 40.

(Function and effect)
Next, the operation and effect of this embodiment will be described. In addition, the side door 12 grade | etc., Shown with the imaginary line (two-dot broken line) of FIG. 4 has shown the state which the side door 12 opened further than the side door 12 shown with a continuous line.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 (A) and 2 (A), when the side door 12 is not opened or closed when the vehicle 10 is traveling or parked, the door handle 20 is stored in the side door 12 and the door handle 20 The outer surface 22 </ b> A is flush with or substantially flush with the design surface (outer surface) 12 </ b> A of the side door 12. Therefore, the design of the side door 12 is improved and the air resistance during traveling is reduced.

  When opening and closing the side door 12 from outside the vehicle, a passenger (see FIG. 3 and FIG. 4) presses a button (not shown) provided on the portable device 34 shown in FIG. send. When the receiving device 36 receives the signal S, the control device 40 controls the door latch device 42 to release the door latch, and also controls the door handle driving device 32 to rotate the door handle 20 so as to protrude outwardly. Is in a pop-up state in which the occupant M can hold it with the hand MA (FIGS. 1B and 2B).

  3 and 4, the occupant M stands on the vehicle rear side of the side door 12, that is, on the open side, and grips the door handle 20 (the outer plate portion 22) with the hand MA to perform the opening operation. . While the grip detection sensor 28 of the door handle 20 detects gripping, the control device 40 operates the door driving device 46 to open the side door 12.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 2B, the door handle 20 is opened on the front side of the vehicle (on the side opposite to the opening side of the side door 12 (the rear side on the front side of the vehicle)) around the rotating shaft 25 in the vertical direction of the vehicle. Rotate to the side. Further, as indicated by an imaginary line (two-dot broken line) in FIG. 2B, the door handle 20 can be further rotated.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, as the opening angle of the side door 12 increases, the door handle 20 rotates and the angle with respect to the side door 12 increases. Specifically, when the door handle 20 is in the pop-up position, the angle with respect to the side door 12 is α, but the angles increase to β and γ as the opening angle of the side door 12 increases.

  As a result, bending the wrist MB of the occupant M holding the door handle 20 (the outer plate portion 22) with the hand MA inward is more than when the door handle 20 does not rotate (when the angle remains α). There are few. Therefore, even if the opening angle of the side door 12 increases, the occupant M can continue to grip the door handle 20 easily. In other words, the operation trigger of the door drive device 46 can be easily input.

  In this way, when the occupant M stands on the open side of the side door 12 (the rear side in the vehicle front-rear direction) and grips the door handle 20 (the outer plate portion 22 thereof), the door driving device 46 operates and the side door 12 is moved. When the side door 12 is opened, the occupant M can easily hold the door handle 20 even when the opening angle of the side door 12 is increased. Therefore, the occupant M stands on the open side (the vehicle rear side) of the side door 12 that opens and closes by rotating around the rotation shaft 25 in the vehicle vertical direction, and the side door 12 can be easily opened.

  Then, when the side door 12 is opened and the occupant M releases the hand MA from the door handle 20, the opening operation of the side door 12 stops, and the occupant M gets into the passenger compartment.

<Second embodiment>
A vehicle door device according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 5, 6, and 7 (B). In addition, the arrow FR, arrow OUT, and arrow UP which are shown in each figure have each shown the vehicle front-back direction front side, the vehicle width direction outer side, and the vehicle up-down direction upper side. Moreover, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the member same as 1st embodiment, and the overlapping description is abbreviate | omitted.

(overall structure)
As shown in FIG. 5, the side door 212 of the vehicle 210 is a swing-type vehicle door that has a rotation shaft at the front end in the vehicle front-rear direction and is opened at the rear side in the vehicle front-rear direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 5, 6, and 7 (B), the vehicle door device 250 according to the second embodiment of the present invention includes a door handle device 230 provided on the side door 212. The door handle device 230 has a door handle position detection that detects that the door handle 220, the grip detection switch 223 (see FIGS. 6 and 7B), the cover member 225, and the door handle 220 are pushed in from a standard position described later. A device 231 (see FIG. 7B) and a cover member driving device 232 (FIG. 7B) are included. The other main components other than the door handle device 230 are the door latch device 42, the door drive device 46, the portable device 34, the receiving device 36, and the control device 40 shown in FIG. 7A of the first embodiment. Since it is the same as that, the description is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the side door 212 of the vehicle 210 is provided with a door handle 220 that is gripped when the side door 212 is opened and closed. A cover member 225 is provided on the front side of the door handle 220 in the vehicle front-rear direction.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the door handle 220 is provided with a grip detection switch 223. The cover member 225 is rotatably supported around a rotation shaft 221 provided at the front end, and is configured to rotate by a cover member driving device (FIG. 7B).

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, when the side door 212 is not opened or closed when the vehicle 210 is traveling or parked, the door handle 220 is stored in the side door 212 and the cover member 225 is closed. Closed. When the cover member 225 is closed, the outer surface 220A of the door handle 220 and the outer surface 225A of the cover member 225 are flush with or substantially flush with the design surface (outer surface) 212A of the side door 212. .

  Note that the passenger M (see FIGS. 3 and 4) cannot grip the door handle 220 when the door handle 220 and the cover member 225 are flush or substantially flush.

  However, as in the first embodiment, the occupant M presses a button (not shown) provided on the portable device 34 (see FIG. 7B) to transmit the signal S, and the receiving device 36 (see FIG. 3) Upon receipt, the control device 40 controls the cover member driving device (see FIG. 7B), and as shown in FIG. 6, the cover member 225 is rotated inward as indicated by an imaginary line (two-dot broken line). The door handle 220 is in an open state in which a space is formed in which a passenger can hold the door handle 220.

  Further, as indicated by an imaginary line (a two-dot broken line) in FIG. 6, the door handle 220 is supported so as to be rotatable around a rotation shaft 227 provided at the rear end portion in the vehicle front-rear direction. Although not shown, the door handle 220 can be pushed inward. When the hand handle MA is released while the door handle 220 is rotated outward and inward, the outer surface 220A of the door handle 220 and the design surface 212A of the side door 212, which are indicated by solid lines, by a biasing means such as a spring are flush with each other. Alternatively, it is configured to return to a standard position that is substantially flush.

  The door driving device 46 operates when the occupant M grips the door handle 220 with the hand MA (see FIGS. 3 and 4) and the grip detection switch 223 (see FIG. 6) detects gripping to perform the opening operation. Control is performed by the control device 40 (see FIG. 7) so that the operation is stopped when the hand MA is released from the handle 220 and gripping is no longer detected. In other words, the door driving device 46 is controlled by the control device 40 so that the door driving device 46 operates and opens only while the grip detection switch 223 detects gripping.

  When the occupant M pushes the door handle 220 inward from the standard position with the hand MA, the door handle position detection device 231 (see FIG. 7B) detects the push and the door drive device 46 detects the push. 46 (see FIG. 7) is operated to perform a closing operation, and when the hand MA (see FIGS. 3 and 4) is released from the door handle 220 to return to the standard position and is no longer detected, the control device is stopped. 40 (see FIG. 7). In other words, the door driving device 46 is controlled so that the door driving device 46 operates and performs a closing operation only while the door handle position detection device 231 (see FIG. 7B) detects the pushing of the door handle 220. It is controlled by the device 40.

(Function and effect)
Next, the operation and effect of this embodiment will be described. The contents described in the first embodiment are omitted as appropriate.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, when the side door 212 is not opened and closed when the vehicle 210 is running or parked, the outer surface 220A of the door handle 220 and the outer surface 225A of the cover member 225 are designed surfaces of the side door 212. (Outer surface) It is flush with or substantially flush with 212A. Therefore, the design of the side door 212 is improved and the air resistance during traveling is reduced.

  As in the first embodiment, when opening and closing the side door 212 from the outside of the vehicle, a passenger M (see FIGS. 3 and 4) presses a button (not shown) provided on the portable device 34 shown in FIG. A signal (infrared ray or radio wave) S is transmitted. When the receiving device 36 receives the signal S, the control device 40 controls the door latch device 42 to release the door latch, and controls the cover member driving device (see FIG. 7B) to move the cover member 225 to the imaginary line (two Set to the open state indicated by the broken line).

  As in the first embodiment (see FIGS. 3 and 4), the occupant M stands on the vehicle rear side of the side door 212, that is, on the open side, and grips the door handle 220 with the hand MA to perform the opening operation. . When the grip detection switch 223 of the door handle 220 detects gripping, the control device 40 operates the door driving device 46 to open the side door 12.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 6, the door handle 220 has a front side in the vehicle front-rear direction (a side opposite to the open side of the side door 212 (rear side in the vehicle front-rear direction)) around the rotating shaft 227 in the vertical direction of the vehicle. Rotate to

  Therefore, as in the first embodiment (see FIGS. 3 and 4), bending the wrist MB of the occupant M holding the door handle 220 with the hand MA inward than when the door handle 220 does not rotate. Few. Therefore, even if the opening angle of the side door 212 is increased, the occupant M can continue to grip the door handle 20 easily. In other words, the operation trigger of the door drive device 46 can be easily input.

  As described above, when the occupant M stands on the opening side of the side door 212 (the rear side in the vehicle front-rear direction) and grips the door handle 220, the door driving device 46 opens the side door 212 and the opening angle of the side door 212. The passenger M can easily continue to grip the door handle 220 even if the vehicle becomes larger. Therefore, the occupant M stands on the open side (the vehicle rear side) of the side door 12 that opens and closes by rotating around the rotation axis in the vehicle vertical direction, and the side door 212 can be easily opened.

  Then, when the side door 12 is opened and the occupant M releases the hand MA from the door handle 20, the opening operation of the side door 12 stops, and the occupant M gets into the passenger compartment.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, even when the occupant M can hold the door handle 220, the design surface 212 </ b> A of the side door 212 and the outer surface 220 </ b> A of the door handle 220 are flush or substantially the same. It is flush (because the door handle 220 does not protrude from the design surface 212A), and the design is improved compared to the case where the door handle protrudes.

<Others>
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the side doors 12 and 212 are swing-type vehicle doors having a rotation axis at the front end in the vehicle front-rear direction, but are not limited thereto. A swing type vehicle door having a rotation shaft at a rear end portion in the vehicle front-rear direction and an open side on the vehicle front side may be used. In this case, the door handle is provided at the front end in the vehicle front-rear direction (end on the open side) of the side door so that the front side in the vehicle front-rear direction (the side opposite to the open side of the side door) is the open side. It is provided to rotate. In addition, the occupant performs an opening operation while standing on the front side in the vehicle front-rear direction of the side door. That is, it substantially coincides with the configuration in which the vehicle front rear front FR in the drawings of the first embodiment and the second embodiment is the vehicle front-rear direction rear side.

  Alternatively, the present invention may be applied to a swing-type back door provided in the vehicle rear end portion with the vehicle vertical direction as the rotation axis direction. In this case, there is a rotating shaft at the left end or right end in the vehicle width direction, and the left or right side in the vehicle width direction is the open side to form a swing type vehicle door. The door handle is provided at an end portion of the side door on the opening side in the vehicle width direction, and is provided so as to rotate so that the side opposite to the opening side of the side door is the opening side. The occupant performs the opening operation while standing on the opening side (left side or right side) of the side door in the vehicle width direction.

  Further, for example, in the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the occupant can grip the door handle 220 by rotating the cover member 225 around the rotation axis inwardly as indicated by an imaginary line (two-dot broken line). Space was formed. However, a door handle driving device 32 (see FIG. 7A) may be further provided so as to be in a pop-up state in which the door handle 220 is rotated around the rotation axis so as to protrude outward. That is, both the inward rotation of the cover member 225 and the pop-up of the door handle 220 may be performed.

  Further, for example, in the above embodiment, when the receiving device 36 receives the signal S from the portable device 34, the control device 40 controls the door latch device 42 to release the door latch, but the present invention is not limited to this. When the grip detection sensor 28 or the grip detection switch 223 detects gripping of the door handles 20 and 220 by the occupant M, the door latch may be controlled to be released.

  Further, the plurality of embodiments described above can be implemented in combination as appropriate. Furthermore, it goes without saying that the present invention can be implemented in various modes without departing from the gist of the present invention.

12 Side door (vehicle door)
20 Door handle 28 Grip detection sensor (Grip detection means)
32 Door handle drive device (door handle drive means)
40 Control device (actuating means)
46 Door drive device 50 Vehicle door device 212 Side door (vehicle door)
220 Door handle 223 Grip detection switch (Grip detection means)
225 Cover member 230 Vehicle door 250 Vehicle door device

Claims (3)

A vehicle door that opens and closes by rotating with the vehicle vertical direction as the rotation axis direction;
A door driving device for performing an opening operation of the vehicle door;
A door handle that is provided at an end portion on the open side of the vehicle door and rotates so that a vehicle vertical direction is a rotation axis direction and an open side opposite to the open side of the vehicle door is an open side;
Grip detection means provided on the door handle;
While the grip detection means is detecting gripping, an operating means for operating the door drive device;
A vehicle door device comprising: A retracted state in which an outer surface of the door handle is flush with or substantially flush with a design surface of the vehicle door; and a protruding state in which the door handle rotates and protrudes a predetermined amount from the design surface of the vehicle door; And a door handle driving device for moving the door handle,
The door handle is configured to be rotatable further from the protruding state to the open side.
The vehicle door device according to claim 1.   A cover member that can be in a closed state that is flush or substantially flush with a design surface of the vehicle door and an open state in which a space for gripping the door handle is formed on the door handle. The vehicle door device according to claim 1 or 2, which is provided adjacently.

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