Door structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10414252-B2
Application number	US-201715813462-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 15, 2017
Priority date	Dec 6, 2016
Publication date	Sep 17, 2019
Grant date	Sep 17, 2019

Abstract

A door structure that supports a door glass of a door of a vehicle includes a sash and a run channel that guides the door glass, and a bracket on an inner panel of the door and supports the sash. The sash includes a groove that holds the run channel. The bracket includes a regulating portion that projects from an outside of the groove to an inside of the groove and holds the run channel in the groove.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A door structure that supports a door glass of a door of a vehicle, comprising:
a sash that holds a run channel that guides the door glass; and
a bracket that is provided on an inner panel of the door and supports the sash,
wherein the sash includes a groove that holds the run channel,
the bracket includes a regulating portion which projects from an outside of the groove to an inside of the groove and holds the run channel in the groove,
the sash includes a bottom wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall facing the first side wall, the bottom wall and the first and second side walls form the groove,
the first side wall includes a bending portion that holds the run channel relative to the groove,
the second side wall includes a notch through which a distal end portion of the regulating portion passes, the distal end portion of the regulating portion being spaced from a base of the notch, and
the regulating portion faces the bending portion.

2. The structure according to claim 1 , wherein a height of the regulating portion from the bottom wall equals a height of the bending portion from the bottom wall.

3. The structure according to claim 1 , wherein an outer panel of the door includes a folded portion that is folded to sandwich an end of the second side wall,
an edge of the folded portion forms a step with respect to an inner surface of the second side wall and holds the run channel in the groove, and
the run channel includes a lip configured to engage with the step.

4. The structure according to claim 3 , wherein the sash, the outer panel, and the inner panel are joined to each other to form a closed section.

5. The structure according to claim 3 , wherein a height of a distal end of the distal end portion of the regulating portion with respect to the inner surface of the second side wall equals a height of the step relative to the inner surface of the second side wall.

6. The structure according to claim 1 , wherein the base of the notch is spaced a distance from the bottom wall which is less than a distance a distal end of the second side wall is spaced from the bottom wall.

7. The structure according to claim 1 , wherein the distal end portion of the regulating portion passes through the notch at a distance from the bottom wall which is less than a distance a distal end of the second side wall is spaced from the bottom wall.

8. The structure according to claim 1 , wherein the distal end portion of the regulating portion is parallel with the bottom wall.

9. The structure according to claim 1 , wherein the bracket includes a U-shaped holding portion configured to hold the sash,
the second side wall is flat, and
the regulating portion forms a side wall of the U-shaped holding portion.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Iwai Yutaka
• Hashiguchi Sotaro

Classifications

• B60J5/0402 Primary

  window frame details, including sash guides and glass runs · CPC title

• B60J1/17 Primary

  vertically · CPC title

• B60J5/0408

  fastening window frame or parts of window frame to lower door structure · CPC title