Vehicle body structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10532644-B2
Application number	US-201715830112-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2017
Priority date	Dec 6, 2016
Publication date	Jan 14, 2020
Grant date	Jan 14, 2020

Abstract

A vehicle body structure is provided that has fewer parts and allows a seal member securely sealing a gap between a vehicle body and a door to be attached thereto. The vehicle body structure has a door that covers and uncovers a door opening formed in a vehicle body. The door has a first garnish that is located on an outer side of a vehicle than the door, and a seal member that is attached to the first garnish and seals a gap between the door and the vehicle body. The first garnish has an insertion groove defined by a contact wall extending in a direction which is orthogonal to a lateral direction, and the seal member is inserted in the insertion groove so as to be in contact with the contact wall.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle body structure comprising:
a door that covers and uncovers a door opening formed in a vehicle body,
wherein the door has a first garnish that is located on a vehicle outer side, and a seal member that is attached to the first garnish and seals a gap between the door and the vehicle body,
wherein the first garnish has an insertion groove defined by a contact wall extending in a direction which is orthogonal to a lateral direction and a pressing wall which faces the contact wall and is outward from the contact wall in the lateral direction, and
the seal member is inserted in the insertion groove and is pressed by the pressing wall so as to be in contact with the contact wall.

2. The vehicle body structure according to claim 1 ,
wherein the door has a second garnish at a position not to be overlapped with the first garnish and to be overlapped with the door has when viewed in the lateral direction, and
the seal member has a clamped portion that is clamped by the door and the second garnish.

3. The vehicle body structure according to claim 2 ,
wherein the clamped portion has a body portion that is fixed to the second garnish and a protruding leg that protrudes from the body portion toward the door, and
the protruding leg is in an annular shape in a cross section which is orthogonal to the lateral direction, and is in contact with the door.

4. The vehicle body structure according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first garnish is in an elongated shape and has an inclined portion having an inclined face facing an outside space of the vehicle body in the longitudinal direction of the first garnish, and
the seal member is arranged to contact the inclined face so as to be overlapped therewith when viewed from outside in the longitudinal direction.

5. The vehicle body structure according to claim 4 ,
wherein the seal member extends outwardly over the inclined portion in the longitudinal direction, and
a distal edge of the seal member is positioned apart outwardly from the inclined portion in the longitudinal direction.

6. The vehicle body structure according to claim 1 ,
wherein the seal member has a wheel arch seal portion to run along a wheel shape and a lower seal portion along a lower end shape of the door formed continuously in one piece.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Katayama Yoichi

Classifications

• B60J5/04

  arranged at the vehicle sides {(panel mounted arm-rests B60N2/78; wall liners B60R13/02; door edge guards B60R13/043; padded linings associated with the side doors B60R21/0428)} · CPC title

• B60J10/20

  characterised by the shape · CPC title

• B60R13/04

  External} Ornamental or guard strips; Ornamental inscriptive devices {thereon (fastening strips or bars to sheets or plates by means of clips F16B5/12) · CPC title

• B60J10/86 Primary

  arranged on the opening panel · CPC title