# US 10,245,925 B2 · Vehicle door structure and method of manufacturing vehicle door > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,245,925 B2 - Document ID: US10245925B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/336,015 - Filed: 2016-10-27 - Published: 2017-06-22 - Granted: 2019-04-02 - Earliest claimed: 2015-12-21 - Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Tomohiro Sakurai - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10245925B2 ## CPC - B60J 5/0416: {Assembly panels to be installed in doors as a module with components, e.g. lock or window lifter, attached thereto} - B60J 1/17: vertically - B60J 5/0413: {Inner panel, e.g. characterised by carrying components} - E05F 5/003: {for sliding wings (Fasteners specially adapted for holding sliding wings open E05D13/04)} - E05F 5/06: Buffers {or stops limiting opening of swinging wings, e.g. floor or wall stops}(E05F5/02 takes precedence) - E05F 11/382: {for vehicle windows (E05F11/40 - E05F11/52 take precedence)} - E05Y 2201/212: Buffers - E05Y 2900/55: Windows - B60J: WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices E05) - E05F: DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING - E05Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF ## Abstract A vehicle door structure has a door inner panel; a BL inner RF that is made of a fiber reinforced resin and that, together with the door inner panel, forms a closed cross-section structure portion; and an up-stop member that is structured to include joined portions that are joined to the BL inner RF, and a rubber stopper that is disposed further toward a vehicle transverse direction outer side than the closed cross-section structure portion. A communication hole, that communicates an interior and an exterior of the closed cross-section structure portion and through which the up-stop member is inserted, is formed in the BL inner RF. The joined portions are joined by rivets in a state of being superposed on the BL inner RF from a vehicle transverse direction inner side. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A sashless vehicle door structure configured to separate an interior of a vehicle on an inner side of the sashless vehicle door structure from an exterior of a vehicle on an outer side of the sashless vehicle door structure, the sashless vehicle door structure comprising: a first panel having an outer side configured to face the exterior of the vehicle; a second panel made of a fiber reinforced resin and provided on the outer side of the first panel, the second panel forming a closed cross-section structure portion with the first panel at an upper portion of a vehicle door, the closed cross-section structure portion having a length direction that extends in a vehicle longitudinal direction; an up-stop member that includes joined portions joined to the second panel, a base portion, and an abutment portion non-rotatably fixed on a first side of the base portion, the abutment portion being positioned on an outer side of the closed cross-section structure portion configured to face the exterior of the vehicle, the abutment portion limiting a range of a door glass by abutting a glass-side member provided at a lower portion of the door glass when the door glass is fully raised, the joined portions being joined in a state of being superposed on an inner side of the second panel configured to face the interior of the vehicle; rivets that join the second panel and the joined portions; a door outer panel disposed on the outer side of the first panel; and a communication hole formed in the second panel, the communication hole communicating an interior and an exterior of the closed cross-section structure portion, the base portion of the up-stop member being positioned within a perimeter of the communication hole such that the entirety of the base portion is accommodated by the communication hole. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The sashless vehicle door structure of claim 1, further comprising adhesion portions that join the second panel and the up-stop member, the adhesion portions being provided between the second panel and the up-stop member. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The sashless vehicle door structure of claim 1, wherein: the up-stop member is fixed to a bracket structured to include the joined portions, and the bracket and the up-stop member are structured such that a relative fixed position of the up-stop member with respect to the bracket can be adjusted. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The sashless vehicle door structure of claim 3, further comprising a through-hole formed in the first panel, wherein a tool for adjusting the relative fixed position of the up-stop member can be inserted through the through-hole. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The sashless vehicle door structure of claim 3, further comprising an elongated hole disposed along a movement direction of the door glass, the elongated hole being provided in the bracket, the bracket and the up-stop member being fastened and fixed together by a bolt extending through the elongated hole. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The sashless vehicle door structure of claim 1, wherein each rivet includes: a shaft portion that is inserted through the second panel a corresponding joined portion of the joined portions; a head portion that is disposed at one end side of the shaft portion, and a crimped portion at which another end side of the shaft portion is crimped. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A method of manufacturing a vehicle door that includes the sashless vehicle door structure of claim 1, wherein the rivets that join the second panel and the joined portions are crimped on a side facing the outer side of the sashless vehicle door structure. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The sashless vehicle door structure of claim 1, further comprising a rib disposed in the interior of the closed cross-section structure portion.