Door structure of automotive vehicle and assembly method of the same
AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorYukihiro Moriyama
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Abstract
Guide rails with which a window regulator is provided are respectively fixed to a module plate. The guide rails are fixed, together with the module plate, to an edge of an opening portion provided at inward frames from an outward side in a vehicle width direction. Attachment portions which are capable of afterward attaching outward frames to the inward frames are provided, and attachment portions which are capable of afterward attaching a door outer panel to a door frame comprising the inward frames and the outward frames are provided.
Claims5
A door structure of an automotive vehicle, which is provided with a sashless door body comprising an inward frame and an outward frame, a window regulator provided with a guide rail to guide a door window so as to elevate or lower the door window, a module plate attached to the inward frame, and a door outer panel,
- wherein said inward frame comprises a pair of vertical frame portions which are made of light-metal casting and provided at a front side and a rear side, and an upper connecting member and a lower connecting member which are made of light-metal extrusion molding and provided at an upper side and a lower side between said vertical frame portions, which are configured in a frame shape,
- said guide rail comprises a pair of front-and-rear guide rails which are provided to extend along an elevating/lowering direction of the door window and be spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction,
- said pair of front-and-rear guide rails are fixed to said module plate from an outward side in a vehicle width direction, and said module plate is fixed to an edge of an opening portion provided at said inward frame from the outward side in the vehicle width direction so as to cover the opening portion,
- said pair of front-and-rear guide rails are fixed to respective points of said upper connecting member and said lower connecting member which correspond to the pair of front-and-rear guide rails from the outward side in the vehicle width direction, and
- an attachment portion capable of attaching said outward frame to said inward frame is provided, and another attachment portion capable of attaching said door outer panel to said outward frame attached to the inward frame is provided.
An assembly method of a door structure of an automotive vehicle, which is provided with a sashless door body comprising an inward frame and an outward frame, a window regulator provided with a guide rail to guide a door window so as to elevate or lower the door window, a module plate attached to the inward frame, and a door outer panel, wherein said inward frame comprises a pair of vertical frame portions which are made of light-metal casting and provided at a front side and a rear side, and an upper connecting member and a lower connecting member which are made of light-metal extrusion molding and provided at an upper side and a lower side between said vertical frame portions, which are configured in a frame shape,
- said guide rail comprises a pair of front-and-rear guide rails which are provided to extend along an elevating/lowering direction of the door window and be spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction, the assembly method comprising steps of:
- fixing said guide rail pair of front-and-rear guide rails to said module plate from an outward side in a vehicle width direction;
- fixing said module plate to an edge of an opening portion provided at said inward frame from the outward side in the vehicle width direction so as to cover the opening portion;
- wherein said pair of front-and-rear guide rails are fixed to respective points of said upper connecting member and said lower connecting member which correspond to the pair of front-and-rear guide rails from the outward side in the vehicle width direction,
- attaching said outward frame to said inward frame;
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- attaching said door outer panel to said outward frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.