Structure of car door

• US 8,042,859 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2006
• Issued: 10/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Kimoto, Tohru
• Primary Examiner(s): REDMAN, JERRY E
• Application Number:
  US11/989,773
• Publication Number:
  US 20090038232A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,912 Days
• Field of Search: 495/02, 296/146.5, 296/203.01, 296/203.03, 296/203.04, 296/146.1, 296/146.2, 296/146.3, 296/146.15
• US Class Current: 296/146.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 5/0402 window frame details, including sash guides and glass runs
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 5/0405 Inboard or outboard side of window frame formed integrally with the lower door structure

Abstract

A car door is constituted by a main body which includes an outer panel and an inner panel combined together, a door lower half, and a rising part extending upward from the door lower half and facing with a side edge of a roof via an upper part thereof; and a bracket-shaped sash assembly constituted by a front vertical sash whose bottom edge is joined to a front upper end of the door lower half, and a roof-facing sash extending from an upper part of the front longitudinal sash and joined to an upper end of the rising part.

Claims

1. A structure of a door of a vehicle, comprising:

a main door body including an outer panel and an inner panel joined to one another, the outer panel and the inner panel forming a door lower half as well as a rising part having a surface common with the outer panel and extending upward from a rear upper end of the door lower half and facing a side edge of a roof via an upper part thereof;

a bracket-shaped sash assembly including a front vertical sash joined to an upper end of the door lower half, and a roof-facing sash extending in a horizontal direction from an upper end of the front vertical sash and joined to an upper end of the rising part, the roof-facing sash including a bend, such that, in plan view, the roof-facing sash at a rear of the bend inclines, with respect to a center line of the vehicle that extends in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, in a lateral direction of the vehicle and toward the center line, by an angle larger than an angle by which the roof-facing sash at a front of the bend is inclined, with respect to the center line, in the lateral direction of the vehicle and towards the center line of the vehicle; and

a center sash having an upper end joined to the bend and a lower end joined to the door lower half.

2. The structure according to claim 1, further comprising:

a glass slide placed in a space defined by the front vertical sash and the center sash; and

a stationary pane window fitted in a space defined by the center sash and the rising part.

3. The structure according to claim 1, wherein the door is a rear door of the vehicle.

4. A door structure of a vehicle, comprising:

a door panel having a panel forming a door lower half as well as a rising part, the rising part extending upward from a first end of the door lower half and facing a side edge of a roof via an upper part thereof;

a bracket-shaped sash assembly including a vertical sash joined to an upper end of the door lower half, and a roof-facing sash extending in a horizontal direction from an upper end of the vertical sash and joined to an upper end of the rising part, the roof-facing sash including a bend, such that, in plan view, the roof-facing sash at a rear of the bend inclines, with respect to a center line of the vehicle that extends in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, in a lateral direction of the vehicle and toward the center line, by an angle larger than an angle by which the roof-facing sash at a front of the bend is inclined, with respect to the center line, in the lateral direction of the vehicle and towards the center line of the vehicle; and

a center sash having an upper end joined to the bend and a lower end joined to the door lower half.