Door-equipped vehicle body structure

• US 10,280,659 B2
• Filed: 10/01/2015
• Issued: 05/07/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Yamaguchi, Tomoki, Honda, Seiji, Fujita, Yusuke, Tanimoto, Shigeki, Hoshi, Takuya
• Primary Examiner(s): Rephann, Justin B
• Application Number:
  US15/519,189
• Publication Number:
  US 20170234041A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,314 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 5/10 arranged at the vehicle rear B60J5/04 takes precedence ; bonnets or lids B62D25/10; tail gates for pick-up trucks B62D33/0273; counterbalancing E05F; springs, e.g. pneumatic F16F
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 5/105 comprising door or part of door being pivotable about vertical axis
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/02 of hand grips or straps
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/583 including wiping devices
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 79/06 Mounting of handles, e.g. to the wing or to the lock
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 83/20 with two or more wings, which together close a single compartment
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 85/12 Inner door handles

Abstract

A door-equipped vehicle body structure (10) includes a door opening (35) provided to a vehicle (11), a door (40) for opening and closing the door opening (35), and a grip (45) provided to the door (40). The door (40) is provided with a general surface (62) and an upper surface (63). The general surface (62) is a surface extending along a door surface (61). The upper surface (63) is a surface extending from an upper end (62a) of the general surface (62) toward an outside (22) of the vehicle. The grip (45) is provided so as to project upward from the upper surface (63).

Claims

1. A door-equipped vehicle body structure, comprising a door opening defined in a vehicle body of a vehicle, a door for opening and closing the door opening, and a grip mounted to an inner side of the door, wherein:

the door is provided with a general surface extending along a door surface and an upper surface extending from an upper end of the general surface toward an outside of the vehicle;

the general surface and the upper surface constitute a part of a vehicle interior surface; and

the grip is provided so as to project upward from the upper surface,

wherein the door is provided with a window opening formed above the upper surface, and the grip is provided at a position overlapping with the window opening,

wherein the door is provided with a window panel covering the window opening, and the grip is spaced apart from the window panel in an in and out direction of the door,

wherein the door is provided with a wiper device for wiping the window panel with a wiper blade, and the grip is provided at a position overlapping with the wiper blade at a stop position in the in and out direction of the door,

wherein the door is provided, in a vicinity of a lower edge of the window opening, with a motor attachment part to which a drive unit of the wiper device is attached, a section of the lower edge of the window panel horizontally distant from the motor attachment part is located lower than a section of the lower edge of the window opening above the motor attachment part, and the grip includes;

a horizontal portion extending in a horizontal direction from the motor attachment part; and

a leg portion extending downward from the horizontal portion, and

wherein the wiper blade at the stop position is located above the section of the lower edge of the window panel horizontally distant from the motor attachment part.

2. The door-equipped vehicle body structure according to claim 1, wherein the door opening is provided in a rear portion of the vehicle, and

the door is supported by a hinge provided on a side of the motor attachment part opposite to the leg portion, such that the door is pivotable in a lateral direction.

3. The door-equipped vehicle body structure according to claim 1, wherein the upper surface is slanted downward from the window panel to the general surface.

4. The door-equipped vehicle body structure according to claim 1, further comprising:

a striker provided to one of the door and the vehicle;

a latch device provided to the other of the door and the vehicle to be engaged with the striker; and

a switch for activating the latch device,

wherein;

the vehicle interior surface faces an inside of the vehicle;

the grip includes an opposing portion that is spaced apart from the vehicle interior surface and opposes the vehicle interior surface; and

the switch is disposed on the opposing portion.

5. The door-equipped vehicle body structure according to claim 4, wherein the vehicle interior surface includes an inner-outer surface extending from the general surface toward an outside of the vehicle, and

the opposing portion opposes the inner-outer surface.

6. The door-equipped vehicle body structure according to claim 5, wherein the switch is disposed on a part of the opposing portion facing the inside of the vehicle.

7. The door-equipped vehicle body structure according to claim 5, wherein the inner-outer surface is the upper surface which extends from the upper end of the general surface toward the outside of the vehicle and from which the grip projects upward.

8. The door-equipped vehicle body structure according to claim 7, wherein the grip comprises:

a horizontal portion extending in a horizontal direction; and

a leg portion extending downward from the horizontal portion,

wherein the switch is provided adjacent to a corner portion where the horizontal portion and the leg portion intersect.

9. The door-equipped vehicle body structure according to claim 8, wherein the door is attached to the vehicle via a hinge to be pivotable in a lateral direction, and

the leg portion extends downward from an end part of the horizontal portion opposite to the hinge.

10. The door-equipped vehicle body structure according to claim 4, wherein the grip is provided with a surrounding wall that extends out more than an operation surface of the switch in a pressing direction of the switch, and

the surrounding wall covers a circumference of at least a part of the switch facing the inside of the vehicle.

11. A door-equipped vehicle body structure comprising a door opening defined in a vehicle body of a vehicle, a door for opening and closing the door opening, and a grip mounted to an inner side of the door, wherein:

the door is provided with a general surface extending along a door surface and an upper surface extending from an upper end of the general surface toward an outside of the vehicle;

the general surface and the upper surface constitute a part of a vehicle interior surface; and

the grip is provided so as to project upward from the upper surface,

the vehicle body structure further comprising;

a striker provided to one of the door and the vehicle;

a latch device provided to the other of the door and the vehicle to be engaged with the striker; and

a switch for activating the latch device,

wherein;

the vehicle interior surface faces an inside of the vehicle;

the grip includes an opposing portion that is spaced apart from the vehicle interior surface and opposes the vehicle interior surface; and

the switch is disposed on the opposing portion,

wherein the grip comprises;

a bar member disposed on a side opposite to the vehicle interior surface and forming an outer circumference of the grip; and

an inner cover member disposed on a side facing the vehicle interior surface and forming an inner circumference of the grip, the inner cover member including the opposing portion,

wherein the bar member is formed to have a higher stiffness than the inner cover member, and

a wiring for the switch is disposed between the inner cover member and the bar member.