Vehicle door operating mechanism

A vehicle door operating mechanism comprising:

• a ratchet interlocking lever configured so as to be interlinked with a ratchet of a latch/ratchet mechanism for retaining a vehicle door of a vehicle in a closed state and so as to be rotated in a first rotational direction from an initial position in a case where a retention of the vehicle door in the closed state by the latch/ratchet mechanism is released;
• a handle interlocking lever configured so as to be interlinked with the ratchet interlocking lever, rotated in the first rotational direction from an initial position while receiving an operating force generated in response to an opening operation of an operating handle, and so as to apply a force in the first rotational direction to the ratchet interlocking lever;
• a motor power transmitting lever configured so as to be interlinked with the ratchet interlocking lever, rotated in the first rotational direction from an initial position while receiving a force generated by a release motor, and so as to apply the force in the first rotational direction to the ratchet interlocking lever;
• and
• a force relaying member provided between the ratchet interlocking lever and the handle interlocking lever on the one hand and the motor power transmitting lever on the other hand, and configured so as to be movable between a normal unlocking position, at which the force is transmittable from the handle interlocking lever and the motor power transmitting lever to the ratchet interlocking lever in response to a locking/unlocking operation of a lock operating portion that is used for locking and unlocking the vehicle door, and a locking position, at which the force is not transmittable from the handle interlocking lever and the motor power transmitting lever to the ratchet interlocking lever, wherein
• an emergency unlocking position, at which the force is transmittable from the handle interlocking lever to the ratchet interlocking lever and the force is not transmittable from the motor power transmitting lever to the ratchet interlocking lever, is set within a moving range of the force relaying member, and
• the motor power transmitting lever includes a guide portion, which is configured so as to retain the force relaying member at the emergency unlocking position, so as to be located to correspond to a portion of an entire rotation range of the motor power transmitting lever in the first rotational direction except for the initial position.