Door structure of automotive vehicle and assembly method of the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10350976-B2
Application number	US-201715429553-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 10, 2017
Priority date	Feb 19, 2016
Publication date	Jul 16, 2019
Grant date	Jul 16, 2019

Abstract

Guide rails with which a window regulator is provided are respectively fixed to a module plate. The guide rails are fixed, together with the module plate, to an edge of an opening portion provided at inward frames from an outward side in a vehicle width direction. Attachment portions which are capable of afterward attaching outward frames to the inward frames are provided, and attachment portions which are capable of afterward attaching a door outer panel to a door frame comprising the inward frames and the outward frames are provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A door structure of an automotive vehicle, which is provided with a sashless door body comprising an inward frame and an outward frame, a window regulator provided with a guide rail to guide a door window so as to elevate or lower the door window, a module plate attached to the inward frame, and a door outer panel,
wherein said inward frame comprises a pair of vertical frame portions which are made of light-metal casting and provided at a front side and a rear side, and an upper connecting member and a lower connecting member which are made of light-metal extrusion molding and provided at an upper side and a lower side between said vertical frame portions, which are configured in a frame shape,
said guide rail comprises a pair of front-and-rear guide rails which are provided to extend along an elevating/lowering direction of the door window and be spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction,
said pair of front-and-rear guide rails are fixed to said module plate from an outward side in a vehicle width direction, and said module plate is fixed to an edge of an opening portion provided at said inward frame from the outward side in the vehicle width direction so as to cover the opening portion,
said pair of front-and-rear guide rails are fixed to respective points of said upper connecting member and said lower connecting member which correspond to the pair of front-and-rear guide rails from the outward side in the vehicle width direction, and
an attachment portion capable of attaching said outward frame to said inward frame is provided, and another attachment portion capable of attaching said door outer panel to said outward frame attached to the inward frame is provided.

2. The door structure of the automotive vehicle of claim 1 , wherein said attachment portion attaching the outward frame to the inward frame is capable of attaching the outward frame to the inward frame later than an attachment timing of said guide rail and said module plate, said outward frame is provided at least along an upper portion of said sashless door body, and said attachment portion capable of attaching the door outer panel is provided at the outward frame provided along the upper portion of the sashless door body.

3. The door structure of the automotive vehicle of claim 1 , wherein said guide rail comprises a rail portion which extends vertically and curves such that an upper side thereof is positioned inward, in the vehicle width direction, relative to a lower side thereof in a vehicle front view, a wall portion which extends toward said module plate from said rail portion, and an attachment portion which extends from an end of said wall portion which is positioned on the side of the module plate so as to be attached to the module plate.

4. The door structure of the automotive vehicle of claim 2 , wherein said guide rail comprises a rail portion which extends vertically and curves such that an upper side thereof is positioned inward, in the vehicle width direction, relative to a lower side thereof in a vehicle front view, a wall portion which extends toward said module plate from said rail portion, and an attachment portion which extends from an end of said wall portion which is positioned on the side of the module plate so as to be attached to the module plate.

5. An assembly method of a door structure of an automotive vehicle, which is provided with a sashless door body comprising an inward frame and an outward frame, a window regulator provided with a guide rail to guide a door window so as to elevate or lower the door window, a module plate attached to the inward frame, and a door outer panel, wherein said inward frame comprises a pair of vertical frame portions which are made of light-metal casting and provided at a front side and a rear side, and an upper connecting member and a lower connecting member which are made of light-metal extrusion molding and provided at an upper side and a lower side between said vertical frame portions, which are configured in a frame shape,
said guide rail comprises a pair of front-and-rear guide rails which are provided to extend along an elevating/lowering direction of the door window and be spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction, the assembly method comprising steps of:
fixing said guide rail pair of front-and-rear guide rails to said module plate from an outward side in a vehicle width direction;
fixing said module plate to an edge of an opening portion provided at said inward frame from the outward side in the vehicle width direction so as to cover the opening portion;
wherein said pair of front-and-rear guide rails are fixed to respective points of said upper connecting member and said lower connecting member which correspond to the pair of front-and-rear guide rails from the outward side in the vehicle width direction,
attaching said outward frame to said inward frame; and
attaching said door outer panel to said outward frame.

Assignees

• Mazda Motor

Inventors

• Moriyama Yukihiro

Classifications

• E05Y2600/626

  Plates or brackets · CPC title

• E05Y2600/46

  in or on the wing · CPC title

• E05F15/689

  specially adapted for vehicle windows · CPC title

• E05F11/382

  for vehicle windows (E05F11/40 - E05F11/52 take precedence) · CPC title

• B60J5/0463

  Conceptual assembling of door, i.e. how door frame parts should be fitted together to form door · CPC title