Back door structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10801243-B2
Application number	US-201815878808-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 24, 2018
Priority date	Mar 24, 2017
Publication date	Oct 13, 2020
Grant date	Oct 13, 2020

Abstract

A back door structure includes a first arm, a second arm, a damper stay, and a supporting member. The first arm is fixed to an upper section of a vehicle body rear section, and is fixed to an upper section of a back door. The second arm is fixed to the upper section of the vehicle body rear section, and is fixed to the upper section of the back door. The damper stay is fixed to the back door, is fixed to the vehicle body rear section, and biases the back door in an opening direction. The supporting member is fixed to the second arm, is fixed to the back door, and biases the second arm substantially toward a vehicle upper side in a fully closed state of the back door.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A back door structure for use with a back door of a vehicle, the back door structure comprising:
a first arm that has one end portion swingably connected to a first joint disposed on an upper section of a rear section of a vehicle body of the vehicle, and that has another end portion swingably connected to a second joint disposed on an upper section of the back door;
a second arm including:
one end portion swingably connected to a third joint disposed on the upper section of the rear section of the vehicle body at a position lower than the first joint,
another end portion swingably connected to a fourth joint disposed on the upper section of the back door at a position lower than the second joint when the back door is in a fully closed state, and
a projection extending away from a centerline of the second arm which extends between the one end portion of the second arm and the another end portion of the second arm, the projection projecting substantially toward a front of the vehicle body when the back door is in the fully closed state, the projection being integrally formed together with the second arm in one piece as a unitary whole;

a damper stay that has one end portion swingably connected to the back door, that has another end portion swingably connected to the vehicle body, and that biases the back door in an opening direction; and
a supporting member that has one end portion swingably connected to the projection of the second arm, that has another end portion swingably connected to the back door, and that biases the another end portion of the second arm substantially toward a vehicle upper side when the back door is in the fully closed state.

2. The back door structure of claim 1 , wherein the supporting member is configured such that, in a vehicle side view, a length direction of the supporting member is substantially parallel to a length direction of the damper stay when the back door is in the fully closed state.

3. The back door structure of claim 1 , wherein
an operation recess is disposed in a rear end section of the back door and is exposed when the back door is fully open, and
the operation recess includes an inclined wall.

4. The back door structure of claim 1 , wherein
the first arm is elongated, and
in a vehicle side view, the one end portion of the first arm extends in a vehicle front-rear direction when the back door is in the fully closed state, and is substantially L-shaped.

5. The back door structure of claim 1 , wherein
the second arm is elongated, and
in a vehicle side view, the one end portion of the second arm extends in a vehicle front-rear direction when the back door is in the fully closed state, and is substantially L-shaped.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nakatomi Noriaki
• Yamane Satoshi

Classifications

• E05D3/145 Primary

  specially adapted for vehicles · CPC title

• E05Y2201/21

  Brakes · CPC title

• E05Y2201/264

  linear · CPC title

• E05F5/06

  Buffers {or stops limiting opening of swinging wings, e.g. floor or wall stops}(E05F5/02 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60J5/10 Primary

  arranged at the vehicle rear (B60J5/04 takes precedence {; bonnets or lids B62D25/10; tail gates for pick-up trucks B62D33/0273; counterbalancing E05F; springs, e.g. pneumatic F16F}) · CPC title