Vehicle door structure
AssigneeSubaru Corporation
InventorsKuniyoshi Tsushima, Chikara Yamashita
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Abstract
A vehicle door structure includes a door sash part and a sash retainer. A paint sealer is applied to a periphery of a vehicle lower side of the sash retainer continuously without a gap from an inner side to an outer side in a vehicle width direction through a vehicle lower portion so as to close a space between the sash retainer and the door sash part. The door sash part has a region that is lower than an application upper end of the paint sealer, that has both sides in the vehicle width direction and a vehicle lower side that are surrounded by the paint sealer, that is disposed in surface-to-surface contact with the sash retainer. A drain hole configured to drain liquid is provided on the region.
Claims1
A vehicle door structure comprising:
- a door sash part provided to surround a door window unit in a vehicle upper portion of a door of a vehicle;
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- a sash retainer extending in a vehicle upper-lower direction and a vehicle width direction of the vehicle, the sash retainer being fixed to the door sash part and having a surface that contacts with a surface of the door sash part, the sash retainer being configured to hold a weather strip part that prevents liquid from entering an inside of the vehicle more than the vehicle door from an outside of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction, wherein
- a paint sealer is applied to a periphery of a vehicle lower side of the sash retainer continuously without a gap from an inner side of the periphery in the vehicle width direction to an outer side of the periphery in the vehicle width direction through a vehicle lower portion of the periphery in such a manner as to close a space between the sash retainer and the door sash part,
- the door sash part has a region that is lower than an application upper end of the paint sealer, the region having both sides in the vehicle width direction and a vehicle lower side that are surrounded by the paint sealer, the region being disposed in surface-to-surface contact with the sash retainer, and
- a drain hole configured to drain liquid is provided on the region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.