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US 11,142,049 B2Granted
Resin back door for vehicle
AssigneesToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kyushu Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKenji Chiba, Takayuki Okubo, Kiyokazu Nitta, Futoshi Saito
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Abstract
Provided is a resin back door for a hatchback vehicle including a resin inner panel, a resin outer panel, and a lower-side reinforcing member made of metal extending in a vehicle width direction to be fixed to a lower side portion of the inner panel. The lower-side reinforcing member is locked to a vehicle lower structure via a door lock mechanism when the resin back door is closed.
Claims7
A resin back door for a hatchback vehicle comprising:
- a resin inner panel;
- a resin outer panel;
- and
- a lower-side reinforcing member made of metal extending in a vehicle width direction and fixed to an upward facing surface of a lower side portion of the resin inner panel, wherein
- the lower-side reinforcing member has a center portion in the vehicle width direction fixed to a vehicle lower structure by a door lock mechanism upon closing the resin back door,
- the door lock mechanism extends into an opening in the lower-side reinforcing member and an opening in the upward facing surface,
- the lower-side reinforcing member extends across a majority of the resin inner panel in the vehicle width direction, and
- the lower-side reinforcing member includes a downward bend and an upward bend between a rear side of the vehicle and the opening.
5 more elements
A resin back door for a hatchback vehicle comprising:
- a resin inner panel;
- a resin outer panel;
- and
- a lower-side reinforcing member made of metal extending in a vehicle width direction and fixed to an upward facing surface of a lower side portion of the resin inner panel, wherein
- the lower-side reinforcing member has a center portion in the vehicle width direction fixed to a vehicle lower structure by a door lock mechanism upon closing the resin back door,
- the door lock mechanism extends into an opening in the lower-side reinforcing member and an opening in the upward facing surface,
- the lower-side reinforcing member extends across a majority of the resin inner panel in the vehicle width direction,
- the lower-side reinforcing member includes a right opening and a left opening through the lower-side reinforcing member on opposed sides of the opening in the lower-side reinforcing member, and
- the lower side portion of the resin inner panel includes two openings respectively aligned with the right opening and the left opening.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.