Abstract:
A temporarily holding device for temporarily holding an opening/closing body such as a sliding door for a vehicle in such a manner as to allow it to be moved from a halted state with a required operating force, comprising, in order not to fluctuate the moving resistance remarkably in any condition by providing the moving resistance of a required limit in the form of electrical control while the opening/closing body is being halted, an opening/closing body movably supported on a guiding mechanism, a motor-driven clutch for freely connecting and/or disconnecting the guide mechanism to and/or from an opening/closing body holding mechanism and a clutch driving means for regulating the transmission maintaining force of the motor-driven clutch, wherein the clutch driving means is designed to set the transmission maintaining force of the motor-driven clutch when the opening/closing body is halted with a required opening smaller than when it is in motion.