Vehicle door structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9731583-B2
Application number	US-201615066401-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 10, 2016
Priority date	Mar 19, 2015
Publication date	Aug 15, 2017
Grant date	Aug 15, 2017

Abstract

A vehicle door structure 1 includes a lock mechanism 40 . The lock mechanism 40 includes a portion to be locked 50 provided to a guided body 18 , a first locking portion 60 arranged at a position that corresponds to the portion to be locked 50 when the slide door 6 is in the fully closed position, and a second locking portion 70 arranged at a position that corresponds to the portion to be locked 50 when the slide door 6 is in the fully open position. The portion to be locked 50 , in the fully closed position or the fully open position, protrudes toward the first locking portion 60 or the second locking portion 70 and is locked by the first locking portion 60 or the second locking portion 70 . The second locking portion 70 protrudes toward the portion to be locked 50 when the swing door 70 is opened.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle door structure comprising:
a slide door configured to slidingly open and close one partial area of a door opening portion formed on a vehicle body;
a swing door pivotally attached to the vehicle body via a pivotal support mechanism and configured to externally support the slide door at least when the slide door is fully opened, and to open and close another partial area of the door opening portion together with the slide door that is fully opened;
a slide mechanism including a slide rail provided extending in a sliding direction of the slide door in which the one partial area is opened and closed and a guided body guided by the slide rail, the slide mechanism being configured to slide the slide door; and
a lock mechanism configured to lock sliding of the slide door in a fully closed position in which the slide door closes the door opening portion and in a fully open position in which the slide door fully opens the door opening portion, wherein
the lock mechanism comprises:
a guided body locking portion provided to the guided body;
a first locking portion provided to the slide rail and arranged at a first position that corresponds to a position of the guided body locking portion when the slide door is in the fully closed position; and
a second locking portion provided to the slide rail and arranged at a second position that corresponds to the position of the guided body locking portion when the slide door is in the fully open position, and
the guided body locking portion, in the fully closed position or the fully open position, protrudes toward the first locking portion or the second locking portion and is locked by the first locking portion or the second locking portion, and
the second locking portion protrudes toward the guided body locking portion when the swing door is opened.

2. The vehicle door structure according to claim 1 , wherein the second locking portion is provided so as to be capable of protruding and retracting, in accordance with opening and closing of the swing door, along a direction in which the slide door overlaps the swing door.

3. The vehicle door structure according to claim 2 , wherein the second locking portion comprises:
a locking member configured to lock the guided body locking portion;
a biasing member configured to bias the locking member in a direction of protruding toward the guided body locking portion; and
a control portion configured to allow protrusion of the locking member by biasing force of the biasing member when the swing door is opened, and to restrict the protrusion of the locking member when the swing door is closed.

4. The vehicle door structure according to claim 1 , wherein the guided body locking portion retracts in accordance with operation of an operating portion configured to control opening and closing of the slide door and is released from a locked state with the first locking portion or with the second locking portion.

Assignees

• Toyota Jidoshokki Kk

Inventors

• Maruyama Katsuya
• Kuno Hiroshi

Classifications

• B60J5/06

  slidable; foldable · CPC title

• B60J5/047 Primary

  characterised by the opening or closing movement · CPC title

• E05Y2201/64

  Carriers · CPC title

• E05D15/0604

  allowing an additional movement (E05D15/10 takes precedence; raising wings before sliding E05D15/565) · CPC title

• E05Y2900/531

  Doors · CPC title