Initially opening device for vehicle sliding door

An initially opening device for a vehicle sliding door slidably attached to a vehicle body and having a latch unit at a rear portion of the sliding door for being engaged with a striker fixed to the vehicle body, said device comprising:

• an electric motor provided within the sliding door;
• a winch lever rotated by the motor from a stand-by position to an initial-open position;
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• a press member provided in the sliding door and connected to the winch lever by way of a wire cable and displaceable from a stand-by position to an initial-open position due to movement of the winch lever;
• wherein said press member is brought into contact with the vehicle body to move the rear portion of the sliding door in an initial opening direction when the press member is displaced from the stand-by position to the initial-open position;
• said device further comprising a switch for detecting operation of an outer open handle of the sliding door, wherein said motor is actuated by a detection signal from the switch.

An initially opening device for a vehicle sliding door slidably attached to a vehicle body and having a latch unit at a rear portion of the sliding door for being engaged with a striker fixed to the vehicle body, said device comprising:

• an electric motor provided within the sliding door;
• a winch lever rotated by the motor from a stand-by position to an initial-open position;
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• a press member provided in the sliding door and connected to the winch lever by way of a wire cable and displaceable from a stand-by position to an initial-open position due to movement of the winch lever;
• wherein said press member is brought into contact with the vehicle body to move the rear portion of the sliding door in an initial opening direction when the press member is displaced from the stand-by position to the initial-open position;
• said device further comprising an output member rotated by the motor, and a connecting lever provided between the output member and the winch lever and displaceable between a connecting position for connecting the output member to the winch lever and a disconnecting position for disconnecting the output member from the winch lever.