Door structure for vehicle storage section

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10486607-B2
Application number	US-201815870408-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 12, 2018
Priority date	Mar 2, 2017
Publication date	Nov 26, 2019
Grant date	Nov 26, 2019

Abstract

A hole for handle placement penetrates through an outer door, and a handle attached to a fascia face side of a base of a handle unit is placed in the hole in the outer door. An engagement claw is formed at a position on the back-face side of the outer door. An engagement hole to engage with the engagement claw penetrates the base of the handle unit. A pair of left and right hooks are formed at the base of the handle unit, and a pair of left and right hook anchors are formed to the back-face side of the outer door, with the pair of left and right hooks anchoring into the pair of left and right hook anchors.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A door structure for a vehicle storage section, the door structure comprising:
a door panel that is provided at an opening and closing section of a vehicle storage section, the door panel including a hole for handle placement penetrating through the door panel, a pair of left and right hook anchors are formed on a back-face side of the door panel, a pair of left and right projections are formed on the back-face side of the door panel, the pair of left and right projections being integrally provided at each of the pair of left and right hook anchors and projecting out in a direction toward the side away from the back-face side of the door panel; and
a handle unit that includes
a handle that is configured to be disposed in the hole of the door panel, and
a base that supports the handle, a pair of left and right hooks are formed at the base of the handle unit, the pair of left and right hook anchors anchor the pair of left and right hooks, a pair of left and right overhang portions are formed at the base of the handle unit, the pair of left and right overhang portions being integrally provided at each of the pair of left and right hooks, and being disposed between the pair of left and right projections and adjacent to the respective projection of the pair of left and right projections;

wherein an engagement claw is formed at one of a location on the back-face side of the door panel or the base of the handle unit, and an engagement hole that engages with the engagement claw penetrates through the other of the location on the back-face side of the door panel or the base of the handle unit;
wherein the handle unit is configured so as to be able to be rotationally moved while hooking the pair of left and right hooks into the pair of left and right hook anchors, and such that anchoring the hooks in the hook anchors in an assembled orientation positions the handle unit in at least an extending direction of the door panel with respect to the door panel, as viewed from a side face of the door panel; and
wherein the handle unit is positioned in a door left-right direction with respect to the door panel by the pair of left and right projections restricting displacement of the pair of left and right overhang portions in the door left-right direction.

2. The vehicle storage section door structure of claim 1 , wherein:
the handle is supported so as to be capable of swinging with respect to the base about an axis running along a door left and right direction, and the handle is set so as to swing in a direction of pulling up when opening the door;
the engagement claw is formed at a location on the back-face side of the door panel, and the engagement claw is further toward a vehicle lower side than a rotation axis of the handle; and
a base section is formed on the back-face side of the door panel, the base section connecting a general section of the door panel and the engagement claw together and including a location to contact a peripheral edge of the engagement hole.

3. The vehicle storage section door structure of claim 2 , wherein the hooks are further toward a vehicle upper side than the rotation axis of the handle, and a distance from the rotation axis of the handle to the hook anchors is shorter than a distance from the rotation axis of the handle to the base section.

4. A door structure for a vehicle storage section, the door structure comprising:
a door panel that is provided at an opening and closing section of a vehicle storage section, the door panel including a hole for handle placement penetrating through the door panel; and
a handle unit that includes
a handle that is configured to be disposed in the hole of the door panel, and
a base that supports the handle;

wherein an engagement claw is formed at a location on a back-face side of the door panel, and an engagement hole that engages with the engagement claw penetrates through the base of the handle unit, the engagement claw is further toward a vehicle lower side than a rotation axis of the handle;
wherein the handle is supported so as to be capable of swinging with respect to the base about an axis running along a door left and right direction, and the handle is set so as to swing in a direction of pulling up when opening the door; and
wherein a base section is formed on the back-face side of the door panel, the base section connecting a general section of the door panel and the engagement claw together and including a location to contact a peripheral edge of the engagement hole.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd
• Toyoda Gosei Kk

Inventors

• Harima Kazunori
• Shimizu Naoko
• Ushida Kenji
• Mizuno Masanori
• Imura Kimitoshi

Classifications

• E05B79/06

  Mounting of handles, e.g. to the wing or to the lock · CPC title

• B60R7/06 Primary

  mounted on or below dashboards · CPC title

• E05B83/30

  for glove compartments · CPC title