Vehicle door structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSatoshi Ogawa, Atsushi Mikuni
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Abstract
A vehicle door structure has: a door inner panel that is made of resin and that, together with a door outer panel, structures a door main body portion having a substantially closed cross-sectional shape; a beam having a main body portion, that extends in a door longitudinal direction, and an extended portion that is made of metal and is provided in continuation with a length direction end portion of the main body portion, the beam being disposed within the closed cross-section of the door main body portion; and a bent portion that is bendingly formed at the extended portion, and that, as seen in plan view, is disposed further toward a door thickness direction outer side than the frame main body portion.
Claims3
A vehicle door structure comprising:
- a door inner panel that is made of resin and that, together with a door outer panel, structures a door main body portion having a closed cross-sectional shape;
- a frame having a frame main body portion, that extends in a door longitudinal direction, and a frame extended portion, that is made of metal and is provided in continuation with a length direction end portion side of the frame main body portion, the frame being disposed within a closed cross-section of the door main body portion;
- and
- a bent portion of the frame extended portion that is first bendingly or curvingly molded from the end portion side of the frame main body portion toward either a door thickness direction outer side or inner side, and
- is second bendingly or curvingly molded toward a door front side at a location disposed further toward the door thickness direction outer side or inner side than the frame main body portion;
- wherein:
- a joining member that is made of metal is provided at the door inner panel so as to close-off an opening portion formed in the door inner panel, and
- a free end portion of the frame extended portion is joined to the joining member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.