Vehicular resin back door structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9623731-B2
Application number	US-201514945772-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 19, 2015
Priority date	Dec 15, 2014
Publication date	Apr 18, 2017
Grant date	Apr 18, 2017

Abstract

A vehicular resin back door structure includes an inner panel that is made of resin and defines a frame of a resin back door configured to be supported by a vehicle body, and that is formed with an opening through which a vehicle driver can view rearwardly at an upper portion of the inner panel; an outer panel that is made of resin and disposed at a periphery of the opening, and that is joined to the inner panel by a first adhesive to form, together with the inner panel, a frame section including an internal chamber; a glass sheet that is joined to the inner panel by a second adhesive; and a contact wall portion that forms part of a portion of the inner panel, and that directly or indirectly contacts the vehicle body in a closed state of the vehicular resin back door.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicular resin back door structure comprising:
an inner panel that is made of resin and defines a frame of a resin back door that is configured to be supported by a vehicle body so as to be capable of opening and closing, an upper portion of the inner panel having an opening through which a driver can view rearwardly out of a vehicle to which the vehicular resin back door is mounted;
an outer panel that is made of resin and disposed on a vehicle outer side of the inner panel at a periphery of the opening, the outer panel joined to the inner panel by a first adhesive to form, together with the inner panel, a frame section including an internal chamber;
a glass sheet that is joined to the inner panel at the frame section by a second adhesive, and that covers the opening; and
a contact wall that forms part of a portion of the inner panel at the frame section, and that is configured to directly or indirectly contact the vehicle body in a closed state of the vehicular resin back door, wherein
the frame section comprises (i) a first joint section that is disposed facing the glass sheet and that joins the inner panel and the outer panel together, and (ii) a second joint section that is disposed closer to the opening than the first joint section and that joins the inner panel and the outer panel together, and
the first joint section and the glass sheet are joined together by the second adhesive.

2. The vehicular resin back door structure of claim 1 , wherein the first joint section comprises:
an inner side flange portion that is provided at the inner panel and extends outwardly of the chamber; and
an outer side flange portion that is provided at the outer panel, that extends outwardly of the chamber, and that is joined to the inner side flange portion; and
wherein an extension portion extending further outwardly of the chamber than the outer side flange portion is formed at a portion at a leading end side of the inner side flange portion, and the glass sheet is joined to the extension portion by the second adhesive.

3. The vehicular resin back door structure of claim 1 , wherein the first joint section extends parallel to the glass sheet in a cross-section viewed along a length direction of the frame section.

4. The vehicular resin back door structure of claim 1 , wherein the second joint section extends along a vehicle up-down direction in a cross-section viewed along a length direction of the frame section.

5. The vehicular resin back door structure of claim 2 , wherein the second adhesive is disposed along both side edge portions in a vehicle width direction of the glass sheet, and both end portions in the vehicle width direction of the glass sheet are joined to the inner side flange portion.

6. The vehicular resin back door structure of claim 1 , wherein:
the second adhesive is disposed along an outer peripheral edge portion of the glass sheet around an entire periphery of the glass sheet; and
an outer peripheral portion of the glass sheet is joined to the inner panel.

7. The vehicular resin back door structure of claim 1 , wherein the first joint section comprises:
an inner side flange portion that is provided at the inner panel and that extends outwardly of the chamber, and
an outer side flange portion that is provided at the outer panel, that extends outwardly of the chamber, and that is joined to the inner side flange portion; and
wherein the outer side flange portion has substantially a same length as the inner side flange portion, a hole is formed at the outer side flange portion, the inner side flange portion is exposed to the glass sheet through the hole, the second adhesive is disposed inside the hole, and the glass sheet is joined to the inner side flange portion through the hole.

8. The vehicular resin back door structure of claim 1 , wherein the first joint section is provided at an exterior of the chamber of the frame section and extends outwardly in the vehicle width direction.

9. The vehicular resin back door structure of claim 1 , wherein the first joint section is provided at the chamber of the frame section and extends inwardly in the vehicle width direction.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ikeda Koki
• Ayukawa Tatsuya

Classifications

• B60J1/18

  arranged at the vehicle rear {(optical viewing arrangements integrated in rear windows, e.g. Fresnel lenses B60R1/001)} · CPC title

• B60J1/006

  characterised by fixation means such as clips, adhesive, etc. (incorporated in seal B60J10/70) · CPC title

• B60J5/101 Primary

  for non-load transporting vehicles, i.e. family cars including vans · CPC title

• B60J5/107

  constructional details, e.g. about door frame, panels, materials used, reinforcements · CPC title

• B60J5/0481

  plastic · CPC title