Abstract: A door closing apparatus that is adapted to be disposed on a vehicle door having a door inner panel and an indoor trim includes a door lock mechanism having a latch, a pawl and a latch lever fixedly secured to a rotary shaft of the latch, a bracket adapted to be supported in a fixed relationship with respect to the door panel, and a passive lever rotatably supported by the bracket and provided with a free end portion adapted to contact the latch lever, and a drive source which rotates the passive lever. A shaft portion rotatably supports the passive lever with respect to the bracket, and a nut threadedly engages the shaft portion and is removable from the shaft portion, with the nut being positioned at a side of the bracket facing the indoor trim. In the event the latch lever is unable to rotate (e.g., due to disconnection of an electrical wire or motor malfunction), the indoor trim of the vehicle door can be partially peeled off and the nut removed to manually move the passive lever.

Abstract: In a door closer device which requires at least three switches consisting of a half door detection switch, a full lock (completely closing) detection switch and a switch for detecting the return to the initial position, the number of switches can be reduced. Two cam switch operating portions are formed on a cam plate fixedly secured to an output shaft of a motor. The motor is stopped by making use of one operating portion and the motor is rotated in a reverse direction by making use of the other operating portion.