Opening and closing mechanism for vehicle opening

An opening and closing mechanism for a cover for vehicle comprising:

• a crank gear rotatable about a crank axis center for opening and closing the cover for vehicle;
• a slider reciprocating along a guide member;
• a crank arm pivoted on a crank pin of the crank gear on one end and pivoted on a slider pin of the slider on the other end;
• a cover operation member provided between the slider and the cover for vehicle to be swingable relative to the slider for cooperating the slider and the cover for vehicle;
• a first rotation member rotatable about a first rotational axis center which is parallel to or coaxial to the axis center of the operation member pivotal axis;
• a first guide surface formed on the guide member for guiding the first rotation member;
• a second rotation member rotatable about a second rotational axis center which is parallel to or coaxial to an axis center of the slider pin;
• a second guide surface formed on the guide member for guiding the second rotation member;
• an operation member pivotal axis for pivoting the cover operation member on the slider;
• and
• an output shaft of a drive motor for driving the crank gear, the output shaft positioned on a side opposite to an interior space of the vehicle relative to the crank gear.