Vehicle door structure
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsYutaka Iwai, Takahiro Ishikawa
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Abstract
Disclosed is a vehicle door structure capable of improving the waterproof effect and detection performance of the pressure sensor, thereby improving the safety performance in collision. The vehicle door structure includes: a vehicle inner door panel provided with an opening; a vehicle outer door panel disposed on the outer side of the vehicle inner door panel in the vehicle width direction; and a pressure sensor arranged on the periphery of the vehicle inner door panel, and disposed at a position adjacent to the opening. The pressure sensor is arranged at a position overlapping the opening viewed from the vehicle width direction, and at least a part of the pressure sensor is disposed at a position closer to the inner side of the vehicle width direction than the vehicle inner door panel.
Claims7
A vehicle door structure, comprising:
- a vehicle inner door panel, provided with an opening;
- a vehicle outer door panel, disposed on an outer side of the vehicle inner door panel in a vehicle width direction;
- a sealing member, disposed at an inner side of the vehicle inner door panel in the vehicle width direction and covering the opening;
- a mounting bracket having an upper bracket disposed on an inner surface of the vehicle inner door panel in the vehicle width direction, and a lower bracket extending from the upper bracket to the opening and positioned to overlap the opening when viewed in the vehicle width direction;
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- a pressure sensor, disposed on a periphery of the vehicle inner door panel, and disposed at a position adjacent to the opening, wherein
- the pressure sensor is disposed at a position overlapping the opening viewed from the vehicle width direction, and at least a part of the pressure sensor is disposed at a position closer to an inner side of the vehicle width direction than the vehicle inner door panel and disposed on an inner surface of the lower bracket in the vehicle width direction.
A vehicle door structure, comprising:
- a vehicle inner door panel, provided with an opening;
- a vehicle outer door panel, disposed at an outer side of the vehicle inner door panel in a vehicle width direction;
- a sealing member, disposed at an inner side of the vehicle inner door panel in the vehicle width direction and covering the opening;
- a mounting bracket having an upper bracket disposed on an inner surface of the vehicle inner door panel in the vehicle width direction, and a lower bracket extending from the upper bracket to the opening and positioned to overlap the opening when viewed in the vehicle width direction;
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- a pressure sensor, disposed on a periphery of the vehicle inner door panel, and disposed at a position adjacent to the opening, wherein
- the pressure sensor is disposed on a side surface of the vehicle inner door panel facing an inner side of the vehicle width direction, so as to be disposed at a position closer to the inner side of the vehicle width direction than the vehicle inner door panel and disposed on an inner surface of the lower bracket in the vehicle width direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.