Vehicle door structure

• US 20100064591A1
• Filed: 09/11/2009
• Published: 03/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Iwabuchi, Masaaki
• Granted Patent: US 8,151,521 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 49/499.100
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/04 External Ornamental or guard strips; Ornamental inscriptive devices thereon fastening strips or bars to sheets or plates by means of clips F16B5/12

Abstract

Vehicle door structure includes: a door body openably and closably mounted to a vehicle body; a door sash provided on the door body and including a vertical sash section extending in a vertical direction of the door body, and an upper sash section formed continuously with an upper end portion of the vertical sash section and bent relative to the vertical sash section; and a garnish provided on the door sash and including a base section covering the vertical sash section and fixed to the vertical sash section, an extension section formed continuously with an upper end portion of the base section, bent relative to the base section and covering the upper sash section, and an engaging section provided on the extension section and engaging with the upper sash section.

Claims

1. A vehicle door structure comprising:

a door body openably and closably mounted to a vehicle body;

a door sash provided on the door body, the door sash including a vertical sash section extending in a vertical direction of the door body, and an upper sash section formed continuously with an upper end portion of the vertical sash section and bent relative to the vertical sash section; and

a garnish provided on the door sash, the garnish including a base section fixed to the vertical sash section to cover the vertical sash section, an extension section formed continuously with an upper end portion of the base section, bent relative to the base section and covering the upper sash section, and an engaging section provided on the extension section and engaging with the upper sash section.

2. The vehicle door structure of claim 1, wherein the engaging section is provided on the extension section adjacent to a corner portion defined between the base section and the extension section.

3. The vehicle door structure of claim 1, wherein the door sash further includes a sealing member not only mounting therein a fixed door glass but also sealing the fixed door glass, and the sealing member has a recessed section having at least a distal end portion of the engaging section received therein.

4. The vehicle door structure of claim 3, wherein the recessed section is formed in a generally triangular shape across a connecting portion between the vertical sash section and the upper sash section.

5. The vehicle door structure of claim 3, wherein the sealing member abuts against the upper sash section above the engaging section.

6. The vehicle door structure of claim 3, wherein the engaging section includes a projection portion projecting, in a width direction of the vehicle, toward the upper sash section, and a claw portion bent upwardly, in a height direction of the vehicle body, from the projection portion toward the upper sash section,

the projection portion is formed in spaced apart relation to the upper sash section, and

the engaging section engages with the upper sash section from outside the vehicle in such a manner that the claw portion abuts against an inner surface of the upper sash section.