Vehicular door structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9956855-B2
Application number	US-201514840346-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 31, 2015
Priority date	Sep 1, 2014
Publication date	May 1, 2018
Grant date	May 1, 2018

Abstract

A vehicular door structure includes a door outer panel that constitutes a door exterior panel; a door inner panel that constitutes a door interior panel and is made of a resin, the door inner panel having a first side that is provided to the door outer panel; and a door interior member located on a second side of the door inner panel, the door interior member facing to the vehicle interior, wherein the door inner panel includes a panel part that has a plurality fragile portions, the fragile portions having a linear shape or a dotted line shape and being provided in parallel with each other while being spaced from each other in at least one direction of a door width direction and a door vertical direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicular door structure comprising:
a door outer panel; and
a door inner panel that is made of a resin, the door inner panel comprising:
a first side that is opposed to the door outer panel;
a second side that is opposed to a door interior member, the door interior member facing a vehicle interior; and
a panel part that has a plurality of fragile portions that are more fragile than other portions of the panel part, the fragile portions being formed as grooves, holes or concave portions, and being provided in parallel with each other while being spaced from each other in at least one direction of a door width direction and a door vertical direction, wherein
each of the fragile portions have a linear shape or dotline shape,
each of the fragile portions having the linear shape or the dotline shape defines a line extending in a first direction, and
the door inner panel has a rib having a higher rigidity than the fragile portion and portions of the panel part other than the fragile portion, the rib is provided between fragile portions located adjacent to each other,
the rib is not provided on the lines defined by the fragile portions, and
the rib is provided between adjacent fragile portions and connects the adjacent fragile portions, the rib extending in a second direction, different from the first direction.

2. The vehicular door structure according to claim 1 , wherein the panel part is opposed to the door interior member.

3. The vehicular door structure according to claim 2 , wherein:
the rib is configured to increase rigidity of a region between the fragile portions.

4. The vehicular door structure according to claim 3 , wherein the rib extends in an oblique direction relative to the door width direction.

5. The vehicular door structure according to claim 3 , wherein the rib comprises a large-thickness portion having a larger thickness than the other portions of the panel part.

6. The vehicular door structure according to claim 1 , wherein two adjacent lines each defined by two adjacent fragile portions are parallel with each other.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tamaoki Akihiro

Classifications

• B60R21/0428

  associated with the side doors or panels, e.g. displaced towards the occupants in case of a side collision · CPC title

• B60J5/0481

  plastic · CPC title

• B60J5/0461 Primary

  characterised by a pre-defined mode of deformation or displacement in order to absorb impact · CPC title

• B60J5/0412

  Lower door structure · CPC title

• B60J5/0416

  Assembly panels to be installed in doors as a module with components, e.g. lock or window lifter, attached thereto · CPC title