Rear side door structure for a four-door type automobile

A rear side door structure of a sashless type for an automobile which comprises a rear door panel assembly having an upper hem for defining a lower edge of a window opening, guide means extending upwardly from the upper hem of the door panel assembly for dividing the window opening into a front opening portion and a rear opening portion, a transparent front glass panel disposed in said front opening portion, a transparent rear glass panel disposed in said rear opening portion, one of said front and rear glass panels being movable along the guide means so that it can be retracted into the door panel assembly, said door panel assembly being provided with cover means which is located to cover said guide means, there being frameless means around the front and rear glass panels and the glass panels being adapted to be brought into sealing contact at their upper edges with weather strip means provided on an automobile body along a periphery of the door opening.

A rear side door structure for an automobile which is adapted to be used with a front side door of a sashless type having at least one glass panel having a rear edge and which comprises a rear door panel assembly having an upper hem for defining a lower edge of a window opening, guide means extending upwardly from the upper hem of the door panel assembly for dividing the window opening into a front opening portion and a rear opening portion, a transparent front glass panel disposed in said front opening portion, a transparent rear glass panel disposed in said rear opening portion, one of said front and rear glass panels being movable along the guide means so that it can be retracted into the door panel assembly, said door panel assembly being provided with cover means which is located to cover said guide means, said front glass panel having a forward edge provided with a sealing member which is adapted to be engaged with said rear edge of the glass panel of the front side door to seal therebetween.

A rear side door structure for an automobile adapted to be used with a front side door of a sashless type, which comprises a rear door panel assembly having an upper hem for defining a lower edge of a window opening, guide means extending upwardly from the upper hem of the door panel assembly for dividing the window opening into a front opening portion and a rear opening portion, a transparent front glass panel disposed in said front opening portion, a transparent rear glass panel disposed in said rear opening portion, said rear glass panel being movable along the guide means so that it can be retracted into the door panel assembly and the front glass panel being fixed to the door panel assembly, said door panel assembly being provided with cover means which is located to cover said guide means, and frame means provided for the rear glass panel, at least a front edge of the front glass panel being frameless.