Vehicle door opening-closing device

A vehicle door opening/closing device, comprising:

• an inside handle adapted to be mounted to a door of a vehicle and adapted to be operated from a vehicle interior when an opening/closing operation is to be performed for the door;
• an outside handle adapted to be mounted to the door and adapted to be operated from a vehicle exterior when the opening/closing operation is to be performed for the door;
• a locking mechanism adapted to be actuated to lock the door at a predetermined open/close position;
• an open mechanism adapted to be actuated in accordance with an operation of the inside handle and an operation of the outside handle to release the lock of the door by the locking mechanism;
• a release mechanism including an electric motor and a power-transmission member for transmitting power of the electric motor to the open mechanism, the release mechanism being adapted to actuate the open mechanism by a driving force of the electric motor to release the lock of the door;
• a cancel mechanism to be actuated in accordance with the operation of the inside handle and the operation of the outside handle to interrupt transmission of the driving force of the electric motor to the open mechanism by the power-transmission member,
• wherein the power-transmission member includes an active lever connected to the electric motor so as to be turned by the power of the electric motor, a relay lever capable of abutting against the active lever, the relay lever being turned by the active lever, a release lever turnably connected to the open mechanism, and a coupling member coupled to the release lever and coupled to the relay lever so as to be removable therefrom,
• the cancel mechanism includes a cancel lever to be turned in accordance with the operation of the inside handle and the operation of the outside handle to remove the coupling member from the relay lever,
• a door lock device including the locking mechanism,
• a remote-control device for transmitting operation power of the inside handle and operation power of the outside handle to the door lock device, wherein:
• the open mechanism includes:
• an open lever provided turnably to the door lock device and adapted to be turned to release the lock of the door by the locking mechanism;
• a remote-control-device side open lever provided turnably to the remote-control device and connected to the open lever, the remote-control-device side open lever being turned in accordance with the operation of the inside handle and the operation of the outside handle;
• the release mechanism includes the electric motor mounted to the door lock device, the active lever, the relay lever, and the release lever provided turnably to the door lock device, and a remote-control-device side release lever provided turnably to the remote-control device, connected to the release lever, and configured to be capable of turning the remote-control-device side open lever by turning thereof;
• the cancel mechanism includes the cancel lever provided turnably to the door lock device, and a remote-control-device side cancel lever provided turnably to the remote-control device and connected to the cancel lever, the remote-control-device side cancel lever being turned in accordance with the operation of the inside handle and the operation of the outside handle,
• wherein the remote-control device includes:
• an inside handle lever connected to the inside handle, the inside handle lever being turned in association with the operation of the inside handle;
• an outside handle lever connected to the outside handle, the outside handle lever being turned in association with the operation of the outside handle;
• and
• the remote-control-device side cancel lever is configured to be turned in association with the turning of the inside handle lever and the turning of the outside handle lever and to avoid being turned in association with the turning of the remote-control-device side release lever.