Vehicle door, vehicle, and vehicle manufacturing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023256795-A1
Application number	US-202318304484-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 21, 2023
Priority date	Oct 22, 2020
Publication date	Aug 17, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

Provided is a vehicle interior component capable of exhibiting an in-vehicle lighting function even without electricity supply from a vehicle body power source.A vehicle interior component attached to a vehicle is a vehicle door lining, which includes a light-emitting member emitting light toward the inside of the vehicle, a power generation member electrically connected to the light-emitting member and supplying electricity to the light-emitting member, and a power storage member electrically connected to the light-emitting member and the power generation member and storing electricity. The light-emitting member, the power generation member, and the power storage member are disposed at different positions on the surface of the vehicle door lining on the vehicle inside. In addition, the power generation member is sheet-shaped or film-shaped and is disposed along the surface of the vehicle door lining.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A vehicle door provided in a vehicle and comprising:
a door panel serving as a base plate of the vehicle door; and a door lining attached to a vehicle inside of the door panel, wherein the door panel has an inner panel disposed on the vehicle inside of the door panel and a reinforcement member attached to a side surface of the inner panel on a vehicle outside, formed so as to protrude to the vehicle outside, and having a U-shaped cross section, the door lining has an impact absorbing body formed so as to become narrow in a stepwise manner toward the inner panel, the reinforcement member has a panel attachment portion attached to the side surface of the inner panel on the vehicle outside, the panel attachment portion is disposed at a position overlapping an outside end portion of the impact absorbing body on the vehicle outside in an up to down direction, and a middle portion of the reinforcement member in the up to down direction is disposed at a position below an upper end of the outside end portion of the impact absorbing body.

2 . The vehicle door according to claim 1 , wherein
the outside end portion of the impact absorbing body is provided at a position facing the inner panel and disposed along the inner panel, the panel attachment portion has an upper panel attachment portion and a lower panel attachment portion disposed at a position below the upper panel attachment portion, the upper panel attachment portion is disposed between the upper end and a lower end of the outside end portion of the impact absorbing body in the up to down direction, and the lower panel attachment portion is disposed at a position below the lower end of the outside end portion of the impact absorbing body.

3 . The vehicle door according to claim 1 , wherein
the panel attachment portion has an upper panel attachment portion and a lower panel attachment portion disposed at a position below the upper panel attachment portion, and the lower panel attachment portion is disposed at a position overlapping a lower end of an inside end portion of the impact absorbing body on the vehicle inside in the up to down direction.

4 . A vehicle, comprising:
the vehicle door according to claim 1 ; and a vehicle seat provided in the vehicle, wherein the vehicle seat has a seat cushion supporting a seated occupant from below, and a protruding end portion of the reinforcement member on the vehicle outside is disposed at a position above an upper end of the seat cushion.

5 . The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein
the panel attachment portion has an upper panel attachment portion and a lower panel attachment portion disposed at a position below the upper panel attachment portion, an upper end of the upper panel attachment portion is disposed at a position below the upper end of the outside end portion of the impact absorbing body, and a lower end of the lower panel attachment portion is disposed at a position above the upper end of the seat cushion.

6 . A vehicle, comprising:
a vehicle door provided in the vehicle; and a vehicle seat provided in the vehicle, wherein the vehicle door includes a door panel serving as a base plate of the vehicle door and a door lining attached to a vehicle inside of the door panel, the vehicle seat includes a seat cushion supporting a seated occupant from below, the door panel has an inner panel disposed on the vehicle inside of the door panel and a reinforcement member attached to a side surface of the inner panel on a vehicle outside and formed so as to protrude to the vehicle outside, the door lining has an impact absorbing body formed so as to become narrow in a stepwise manner toward the inner panel, an outer end portion of the impact absorbing body on the vehicle outside is disposed at a position above an upper end of the seat cushion, the reinforcement member has a panel attachment portion attached to the side surface of the inner panel on the vehicle outside, and the panel attachment portion is disposed at a position overlapping an outside end portion of the impact absorbing body on the vehicle outside in an up to down direction.

7 . The vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein
the reinforcement member has a U-shaped cross section, and a middle portion of the reinforcement member in the up to down direction is disposed at a position above the upper end of the seat cushion.

8 . The vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein
the panel attachment portion has an upper panel attachment portion and a lower panel attachment portion disposed at a position below the upper panel attachment portion, an upper end of the upper panel attachment portion is disposed at a position below an upper end of the outside end portion of the impact absorbing body, and a lower end of the lower panel attachment portion is disposed at a position above the upper end of the seat cushion.

9 . The vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein
the panel attachment portion has an upper panel attachment portion and a lower panel attachment portion disposed at a position below the upper panel attachment portion, an upper end of the upper panel attachment portion is disposed at a position below an upper end of the outside end portion of the impact absorbing body, and a lower end of the lower panel attachment portion is disposed at a position above the upper end of the seat cushion.

10 . The vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein
the outer end portion of the impact absorbing body is provided at a position facing the inner panel and disposed along the inner panel, the reinforcement member has a U-shaped cross section, the panel attachment portion has an upper panel attachment portion and a lower panel attachment portion disposed at a position below the upper panel attachment portion, the upper panel attachment portion is disposed between an upper end and a lower end of the outside end portion of the impact absorbing body in the up to down direction, and the lower panel attachment portion is disposed at a position below the lower end of the outside end portion of the impact absorbing body.

11 . The vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein
the outer end portion of the impact absorbing body is provided at a position facing the inner panel and disposed along the inner panel, the panel attachment portion has an upper panel attachment portion and a lower panel attachment portion disposed at a position below the upper panel attachment portion, the upper panel attachment portion is disposed between an upper end and a lower end of the outside end portion of the impact absorbing body in the up to down direction, and the lower panel attachment portion is disposed at a position below the lower end of the outside end portion of the impact absorbing body.

12 . The vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein
the outer end portion of the impact absorbing body is provided at a position facing the inner panel and disposed along the inner panel, the panel attachment portion has an upper panel attachment portion and a lower panel attachment portion disposed at a position below the upper panel attachment portion, the upper panel attachment portion is disposed between the upper end and a lower end of the outside end portion of the impact absorbing body in the up to down direction, and the lower panel attachment portion is disposed at a position below the lower end of the outside end portion of the impact absorbing body.

13 . The vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein
the panel attachment portion has an upper panel attachment portion and a lower panel attachment portion disposed at a position below the upper p

Assignees

• Ts Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Numajiri Hiroyuki
• Kotsuka Shoji
• Suzuki Masanori
• Matsuzaki Tsutomu
• Tanabe Jinichi
• ABE Ryuzaburo

Classifications

• B60J5/0451 Primary

  Block or short strip-type elements (beams B60J5/0443, position thereof B60J5/0423) · CPC title

• B60J5/0425

  the elements being arranged essentially horizontal in the centre of the lower door structure (B60J5/0426 - B60J5/0448 take precedence) · CPC title

• B60J5/0444

  characterised by a special cross section · CPC title

• B60J5/0423 Primary

  characterised by position in the lower door structure · CPC title

• B60J5/0469

  for door panels, e.g. hemming (hemming equipment B21D39/00) · CPC title