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US 6,776,449 B2Granted
Door for vehicle and its manufacturing method
AssigneeKikuchi Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroyuki Komatsu, Yutaka Miyamoto, Takao Minagawa, Hisao Hoshino
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AssigneeKikuchi Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroyuki Komatsu, Yutaka Miyamoto, Takao Minagawa, Hisao Hoshino
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A vehicle door which can be used as a tailgate or a side door of a vehicle and a manufacturing method of this vehicle door is provided. A tailgate (1) which is a vehicle door is formed of an outer panel (2) on an outer side of a vehicle, an inner panel (3) on an inner side of the vehicle, and a module plate (4) to which door parts such as a wiper motor (18) are attached, and a lining (6). The inner panel (3) is in a frame shape with only a marginal portion (10) of the whole periphery left and with an opening (11) formed therein, which results in reduction in the weight of the tailgate (1). The module plate (4) which also serves as a reinforcing member is composed of a first extending portion (13) extending in a right and left direction and a second extending portion (14) extending downward from the first extending portion (13) to be in a substantially T-shape, which also results in reduction in the weight of the module plate (4), and connection of the module plate (4) to the outer panel (2) and the inner panel (3) reinforces the tailgate (1).
A vehicle door comprising an outer panel provided on an outer side of a vehicle, an inner panel provided on an inner side of the vehicle and connected to the outer panel, the inner panel having a shape of a frame with an outer peripheral portion and an opening formed therein and a reinforcing member having at least a first extending portion extending in a right and left direction between right and left marginal portions of the inner panel, the first extending portion having a long and narrow shape which is long in a left and a right direction and end portions in a longitudinal direction which are joined to the right and left marginal portions of the inner panel respectively, a second extending portion extending downward from a central or a substantially central part of the first extending portion, and a web whose width direction corresponds to a vertical direction and a flange bending from at least one of upper and lower edge portions of the web to form a bent member.
A vehicle door comprising an outer panel provided on an outer side of a vehicle, an inner panel provided on an inner side of the vehicle and connected to the outer panel, the inner panel having a shape of a frame with an outer peripheral portion and an opening formed therein and a reinforcing member having at least a first extending portion extending in a right and left direction between right and left marginal portions of the inner panel, wherein a joining portion of the outer panel, inner panel and reinforcing member has a cross section in the shape of a box and a peripheral portion of the outer panel is joined to a surface of a marginal portion of the inner panel, which has a hat-shaped cross section opening toward an outer side of the vehicle, on the outer side of the vehicle and end portions of the reinforcing member are joined to a surface of the outer peripheral portion of the inner panel on the inner side of the vehicle.
A vehicle door comprising an outer panel provided on an outer side of a vehicle and an inner panel provided on an inner side of the vehicle and connected to the outer panel, the inner panel having a shape of a frame with an outer peripheral portion and an opening formed therein, wherein a hat-shaped portion having a hat-shaped cross section is formed along the outer peripheral portion of the inner panel and a box-shaped portion having a box-shaped cross-section is formed along a whole periphery of the door by connecting the inner and outer panels.
A vehicle door comprising an outer panel provided on an outer side of a vehicle and an inner panel provided on an inner side of the vehicle and connected to the outer panel, the inner panel being formed of a tailored blank which is formed by joining a plurality of blank materials, including blank materials having different plate thicknesses and having a shape of a frame with an outer peripheral portion and an opening formed therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.