Side door structure for vehicle
AssigneeFuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMamoru Ishikawa
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Abstract
A side door structure for a vehicle is composed of a main body and a rear side reinforce member provided in the main body. The main body is formed by an inner panel and an outer panel connected to the inner panel. The rear side reinforce member connects the inner panel and the outer panel in the main body, and the rear side reinforce member forming a rigid part with a closed hollow cross section at a rear part of the main body by the cooperation with the inner panel and the outer panel.
Claims11
A side door structure for a vehicle comprising:
- a main body with an inner panel provided to face an interior side of said vehicle and an outer panel provided as an exterior side of said vehicle, said inner panel having an inner panel peripheral part, said outer panel having an outer panel peripheral part, said inner panel opposed to said outer panel with said inner panel peripheral part connected with said outer panel peripheral part, said door main body superimposed with a door opening frame member of said vehicle so as to have said main body located on an outer side with respect to a vehicle width;
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- a rear side reinforce member provided in said main body and connecting said inner panel and said outer panel, said rear side reinforce member, said inner panel and said outer panel defining a rigid part having a closed hollow cross section at a rear part of said main body.
4 A side door structure for a vehicle comprising:
- a main body formed of an inner panel provided to face at an interior side of said vehicle and an outer panel provided as an exterior side of said vehicle, said inner panel having an inner wall with an inner panel peripheral part, and a front face, a bottom face and a rear face formed by bending said inner panel in a direction toward the exterior side of a vehicle body, said outer panel having an outer panel peripheral part, said inner panel opposed to said outer panel with said inner panel peripheral part connected with said outer panel peripheral part, said main body superimposed with a door opening frame member of said vehicle so as to have said main body located on an outer side with respect to a vehicle width;
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- a rear side reinforce member provided in said main body so as to face said rear face of said inner panel, said rear side reinforce member connecting said inner panel and said outer panel, said rear side reinforce member, said inner panel and said outer panel defining a rigid part with a closed hollow cross section at a rear part of said main body.
The side door structure for the vehicle as claimed in claim 4, wherein said rear side reinforce member comprises:
- a base part in the form of a band with an inner edge and an outer edge, said base part provided so as to oppose said rear face of said inner panel;
- an inner flange formed along said inner edge by bending an extended portion from said base part and connected to said inner wall of said inner panel;
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- an outer flange formed along said outer edge by bending an extended portion from said base part and connected to said outer panel.
The side door structure for the vehicle as claimed in claim 4, further comprising:
- a side door impact beam provided in said main body and having an impact beam rear part and extending in a lengthwise direction of the vehicle body, said impact beam rear part connected to said rear side reinforce member.
The side door structure for the vehicle as claimed in claim 4, wherein a front part of said main body is supported on said door opening frame member by the provision of hinges therebetween, and a door lock mechanism is provided in said main body near said rear side reinforce member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.