Sliding door structure

A sliding door structure, comprising:

• a sliding door for opening and closing a door opening provided in a vehicle body;
• a lower rail extending along a lower edge of the door opening;
• a lower arm that connects the sliding door and the lower rail and is turnable around a turning shaft;
• a guide roller that is supported by the lower arm and is movable along the lower rail;
• a striker fixed to the lower rail;
• and
• a latch member for full opening for engaging a latch portion with a striker at a fully open position of the sliding door to hold the sliding door at the fully open position, the latch portion being attached to the lower arm,
• wherein the latch member for full opening operates the latch portion into an engagement position or a non-engagement position with the striker,
• the latch member for full opening is configured of a first member on the sliding door side of the turning shaft, and a second member operated by the first member on the vehicle body side of the turning shaft,
• the second member has a rotating body that is connected to the latch portion and is rotatable around the turning shaft,
• the rotating body includes a pushing piece on the side opposite to a part connected to the latch portion across a rotation center of the rotating body,
• the first member has a cable and a cable operating member that moves according to an operation of the cable, and
• the pushing piece and the cable operating member are disposed such that at a fully closed position of the sliding door, the pushing piece of the rotating body and a pushing portion of the cable operating member are placed at positions separated from each other and that the pushing piece of the rotating body and the pushing portion of the cable operating member are placed at positions that approach each other as the sliding door moves from the fully closed position to the fully open position.