Vehicle door structure and cover module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11254194-B2
Application number	US-202017070940-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 15, 2020
Priority date	Oct 16, 2019
Publication date	Feb 22, 2022
Grant date	Feb 22, 2022

Abstract

A vehicle door structure includes an outer panel, an inner panel assembled to a vehicle width direction inner side surface of the outer panel so as to form a panel space with the outer panel, a cover assembled to the inner panel so as to close a service hole, which is a through hole formed in the inner panel in order to facilitate a work in the panel space, a control box assembled to the cover and configured to control input/output of electric power and/or control signal to/from at least one of electric components disposed on a vehicle door; and a door trim assembled to a vehicle width direction inner side surface of the inner panel so as to cover the cover and the control box.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle door structure comprising:
an outer panel;
an inner panel assembled to a vehicle width direction inner side surface of the outer panel so as to form a panel space with the outer panel;
a cover assembled to the inner panel so as to close a service hole, which is a through hole formed in the inner panel in order to facilitate a work in the panel space;
a control box assembled to the cover and configured to control input/output of electric power and/or control signal to/from at least one of electric components disposed on a vehicle door; and
a door trim assembled to a vehicle width direction inner side surface of the inner panel so as to cover the cover and the control box, wherein
the service hole has a contour shape, and the cover and the control box have a contour shape that corresponds to the contour shape of the service hole, respectively.

2. The vehicle door structure according to claim 1 , wherein
a recess portion, which is recessed to a vehicle width direction outer side and opens to a vehicle width direction inner side, is formed in a vehicle width direction inner side surface of the cover, and the control box is assembled in the recess portion.

3. The vehicle door structure according to claim 1 , wherein
on a side surface of the control box, a plurality of electric wire connection portions are disposed along a peripheral direction of the side surface of the control box, and the plurality of electric wire connection portions are connected to the plurality of electric components in a one-to-one relationship via a plurality of electric wires.

4. A cover module comprising:
a cover assembled to an inner panel constituting a part of a vehicle door structure so as to close a service hole, which is a through hole formed in the inner panel in order to facilitate a work in a panel space formed between an outer panel constituting a part of a vehicle door structure and the inner panel assembled to a vehicle width direction inner side surface of the outer panel; and
a control box assembled to the cover and configured to control input/output of electric power and/or control signal to/from at least one electric component disposed on the vehicle door, wherein
the service hole has a contour shape, and the cover and the control box have a contour shape that corresponds to the contour shape of the service hole, respectively.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Hamada Ryo

Classifications

• B60J5/0468

  Fixation or mounting means specific for door components (fasteners in general F16B21/00) · CPC title

• B60R16/0215

  Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor · CPC title

• B60R16/0207

  Wire harnesses · CPC title

• B60J5/0413 Primary

  Inner panel, e.g. characterised by carrying components · CPC title

• B60J5/0415

  Outer panel · CPC title