JP2002274170A - Structure of door for automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shorten a time for work replacing a door glass. SOLUTION: In the case of removing a door glass 12 from a front side door 10, a hole plug 52 is removed from a work hole 48 formed in a bottom surface part 46A of a door inner panel 46, so that a tool 50 can be inserted in the work hole 48. When the door glass 12 is placed in a fully opened position, a bolt 44 tightening a glass bracket 18 to a lift bracket 40 is placed in the vicinity upward of the work hole 48, so that the bolt 44 can be easily removed by the tool 50, and the bolt 44 is removed from a screw hole 20 of the glass bracket 18, so that the door glass 12 can be easily removed together with the glass bracket 18 and a glass holder 16 from the lift bracket 40.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a door structure of an automobile, and more particularly to a door glass removing structure.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an example of a door structure of an automobile is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-135228.

As shown in FIG. 6, in this automobile door structure, a tool 73 is passed through a maintenance opening 72 formed in a trim panel main body 70, and a bolt 80 is inserted into a screw hole 78 of a connecting member 76 of a door glass elevating regulator 74. Into the guide groove 82 of the coupling member 76.
Are forcibly pushed open. Also, from this state, the door glass 84 is fixed and the elevating member of the door glass elevating regulator 74 is lowered, or the door glass 84 is pulled up, so that the member to be connected 86 and the connecting member 76 are separated, The door glass 84 can be removed.

[0004]

However, in this automobile door structure, as shown in FIG. 7, a lining 88 is provided on the interior side of the trim panel main body 70 in the vehicle interior, so that the trim panel main body 70 is provided before the removal operation. And trim panel body 7
It is necessary to remove the lining 88 from 0. As a result, there is a problem that the replacement work time of the door glass 84 becomes long.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and has as its object to provide a door structure of an automobile which can reduce the time required for replacing a door glass.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a glass support member fixed to a lower end portion of a door glass and a mounting hole formed in a mounting portion of a lift bracket are inserted from the lower surface side, A fastening means for fastening the glass support member to the upper surface of the mounting portion of the lift bracket, and a door panel having a work hole formed on a bottom surface below the fastening means.

Therefore, the door glass can be easily removed by inserting a tool through a working hole formed in the bottom surface of the door panel and releasing the fastening between the mounting portion of the lift bracket and the glass supporting member by the fastening means. it can. As a result, the time for replacing the door glass can be reduced.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle door structure according to the first aspect, a lid member is provided in the work hole.

Therefore, in addition to the contents described in claim 1,
By disposing the lid member in the work hole, it is possible to prevent dust, water, and the like from entering the door through the work hole.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of a door structure for an automobile according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

In the drawings, an arrow FR indicates a forward direction of the vehicle, an arrow UP indicates an upward direction of the vehicle, and an arrow IN indicates a direction toward the interior of the vehicle.

As shown in FIG. 3, in this embodiment, the vehicle door structure of the present invention is applied to the front side door 10, and when the door glass 12 is fully opened, the lowermost position shown by the broken line in FIG. To stop.

As shown in FIG. 2, a lower end front portion 12A of the door glass 12 has an inverted trapezoidal shape protruding downward, and has a mounting hole 14 formed therein.

As shown in FIG. 1, a glass holder 16 which constitutes a part of a glass support member is provided at a front lower end portion 12A of the door glass 12, and the glass holder 16 is made of a resin material. ing.

As shown in FIG. 2, the glass holder 16
Has a U-shaped cross section as viewed from the front-rear direction of the vehicle with the opening facing upward, and a rectangular shape as viewed from the width direction of the vehicle.

As shown in FIG. 1, the pair of vertical walls 16A and 16B of the glass holder 16
, And the bottom 16C of the glass holder 16 supports the lower surface 12B of the lower front end 12A of the door glass 12. Also, the glass holder 16
Are formed on opposite surfaces of a pair of vertical wall portions 16A and 16B, respectively. Cylindrical convex portions 16D and 16E are formed, and these convex portions 16D and 16E are inserted into the mounting holes 14 of the door glass 12. Have been.

Inside the glass holder 16 in the vehicle width direction, there is provided a sheet metal glass bracket 18 which constitutes a part of the glass support member. The cross section of the glass bracket 18 as viewed from the vehicle longitudinal direction is L. It is shaped like a letter. A screw hole 20 is formed in the lower wall portion 18A of the glass bracket 18, and the vertical wall portion 1 of the glass bracket 18 is formed.
A rectangular cut-and-raised portion 22 is formed in a portion below 8B toward the outside in the vehicle width direction.

The upper edge 18C of the vertical wall portion 18B of the glass bracket 18 is engaged with an engagement groove 24 formed downward at the upper edge of the inner vertical wall portion 16B of the glass holder 16 in the vehicle width direction. I have. The cut-and-raised portion 22 of the glass bracket 18 supports the lower surface of the bottom 16C of the glass holder 16. Further, a through hole 26 is formed in a portion of the glass bracket 18 above the vertical wall portion 18B, and a screw portion 28A of a flanged nut 28 is inserted into the through hole 26 from the inside in the vehicle width direction. I have.

The threaded portion 28A of the flanged nut 28 is inserted into the cylindrical projections 16D and 16E of the glass holder 16, and the flange 28B of the flanged nut 28 is It is in contact with the inner surface in the vehicle width direction. Further, a bolt 30 is fastened to the screw portion 28A of the flanged nut 28 from the outside in the vehicle width direction through the cylindrical projections 16D and 16E, and the door glass is formed by the bolt 30 and the flanged nut 28. 12 lower front part 1
The glass holder 16 and the glass bracket 18 are fixed to 2A.

On the other hand, a lift bracket 40 which is connected to a window regulator (not shown) and moves vertically
As shown in FIG. 2, a flange 40A serving as a mounting portion is formed outward in the vehicle width direction, and a mounting hole 42 is formed in the flange 40A. In addition, the flange 4 of the lift bracket 40
A vertical wall portion 40 extending upward is provided at the inner end in the vehicle width direction of 0A.
B is formed.

As shown in FIG. 1, the lift bracket 4
The lower wall 18A of the glass bracket 18 is in contact with the upper surface of the flange 40A at 0, and the vertical wall 18B of the glass bracket 18 is in contact with the vehicle width direction outer surface of the vertical wall 40B of the lift bracket 40. In contact. A screw portion 44A of a bolt 44 as a fastening means is inserted from below into the mounting hole 42 of the flange 40A of the lift bracket 40.
4A is fastened to the screw hole 20 of the lower wall portion 18A of the glass bracket 18. Therefore, by removing the bolt 44 from the screw hole 20,
The door glass 12 can be removed together with the glass bracket 18 and the glass holder 16.

In the door glass 12 at the fully open position (the position shown by the broken line in FIG. 3), a working hole 48 is formed in the bottom surface 46A of the door inner panel 46 below the bolt 44. The tool 50 can be inserted from below and the bolt 44 can be removed.
The work hole 48 is provided with a resin-made hole plug 52 as a cover member, and the hole plug 52 can be easily attached and detached.

The same assembling structure is also applied to the lower rear portion 12C of the door glass 12 shown in FIG.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described.

In the vehicle door structure of this embodiment, when removing the door glass 12 from the front side door 10, the hole plug 52 is removed from the working hole 48 formed in the bottom surface 46A of the door inner panel 46. The tool 50 can be inserted into the working hole 48. When the door glass 12 is set to the fully open position (the position indicated by the broken line in FIG. 3), the bolts 4 fastening the glass bracket 18 to the lift bracket 40 can be used.
4 is located in the vicinity of the upper side of the working hole 48, so that the bolt 44 can be easily removed with the tool 50. By removing the bolt 44 from the screw hole 20 of the glass bracket 18, the glass bracket 18 and the glass The door glass 12 can be easily removed together with the holder 16. As a result, the time for replacing the door glass 12 can be reduced.

In the present embodiment, the hole plug 52 is provided in the working hole 48, so that dust, water and the like can be prevented from entering the inside of the front side door 10 through the working hole 48.

In the present embodiment, since no adhesive is used for connecting the front lower end portion 12A of the door glass 12 to the glass holder 16, impurities can be prevented from being mixed when the door glass 12 is recycled.

Next, a second embodiment of the vehicle door structure according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

The same members as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the present embodiment, a glass holder 56 as a glass supporting member is disposed at the lower front portion 12A of the door glass 12, and the glass holder 56 is made of a resin material. ing.

As shown in FIG. 5, the glass holder 56
Has a U-shaped cross section as viewed from the front-rear direction of the vehicle with the opening facing upward, and a rectangular shape as viewed from the width direction of the vehicle.

As shown in FIG. 4, the pair of vertical walls 56A and 56B of the glass holder 56
, And the bottom 56C of the glass holder 56 supports the lower surface 12B of the door glass 12. Also, the outer vertical wall portion 56 of the glass holder 56 in the vehicle width direction.
On the surface facing the vehicle width direction inner vertical wall portion 56B at
A cylindrical convex portion 56D is formed so as to protrude.
6D is inserted into the mounting hole 14 of the door glass 12.

On the other hand, a plate nut 58 is inserted into a portion of the glass holder 56 facing the convex portion 16D in the vehicle width direction inner vertical wall portion 56B. This plate nut 58
, A bolt 30 is fastened from the outside in the vehicle width direction through a cylindrical convex portion 56D, and the bolt 30 and the plate nut 5 are fastened.
8, the glass holder 56 is fixed to the lower front part 12A of the door glass 12.

A through hole 60 having a rectangular cross section is formed along the vehicle width direction at the center of the bottom 56C of the glass holder 56 in the vehicle front-rear direction, and a plate nut 62 is formed in the through hole 60. Has been inserted. Also, the glass holder 56
A through hole 64 extending in the up-down direction is formed in a portion of the bottom 56C below the plate nut 62.

On the other hand, on the upper surface of the flange 40A of the lift bracket 40, the bottom 56C of the glass holder 56 is provided.
The lower surface 56E of the glass holder 56 is in contact with the outer side surface of the vertical wall portion 40B of the lift bracket 40 in the vehicle width direction. A screw portion 44A of a bolt 44 as a fastening means is inserted from below into the mounting hole 42 of the flange 40A of the lift bracket 40.
The fourth screw portion 44A passes through the through hole 64 of the glass holder 56 and is fastened to the plate nut 62. Therefore, by removing the bolt 44 from the plate nut 62, the lift bracket 4
From 0, the door glass 12 can be removed together with the glass holder 56.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described.

In the vehicle door structure of the present embodiment, when the door glass 12 is removed from the front side door 10, the hole plug 52 is removed from the working hole 48 formed in the bottom surface 46A of the door inner panel 46. The tool 50 can be inserted into the working hole 48. When the door glass 12 is set to the fully open position (the position indicated by the broken line in FIG. 3), the bolts 44 fastening the glass holder 56 to the lift bracket 40 are provided.
However, since the bolt 44 is easily removed with the tool 50 because the bolt 44 is removed from the plate nut 62 of the glass holder 56, the door glass is removed from the lift bracket 40 together with the glass holder 56. 12
Can be easily removed. As a result, the time for replacing the door glass 12 can be reduced.

Further, in the present embodiment, similarly to the first embodiment, the hole plug 52 is provided in the working hole 48, so that dust, water, and the like enter the inside of the front side door 10 from the working hole 48. Can be prevented.

Further, in the present embodiment, as in the first embodiment, no adhesive is used for bonding the lower end front portion 12A of the door glass 12 and the glass holder 56. Mixing can be prevented.

In the above, the present invention has been described in detail with respect to a specific embodiment. However, the present invention is not limited to such an embodiment, and various other embodiments are included in the scope of the present invention. It is clear to a person skilled in the art that is possible. For example, in the present embodiment, the vehicle door structure of the present invention is applied to the front side door 10, but the vehicle door structure of the present invention can be applied to other doors such as a rear side door and a back door. The fastening means is not limited to the bolt 44, and other fastening means such as screws may be used. Also, the lid member is not limited to the hole plug 52,
Other lid members, such as screw-in lids, may be used.

[0041]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a glass support member fixed to a lower end portion of a door glass and a mounting hole formed in a mounting portion of a lift bracket are inserted from a lower surface side,
Since there is a fastening means for fastening the glass support member to the upper surface of the mounting portion of the lift bracket and a door panel having a work hole formed on the bottom surface below the fastening means, the time required for replacing the door glass can be reduced. It has an excellent effect that it can be produced.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle door structure according to the first aspect, the cover member is provided in the operation hole. This has an excellent effect that dust, water and the like can be prevented from entering the inside of the door.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 1-1 in FIG.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the door structure of the vehicle according to the first embodiment of the present invention, as viewed obliquely from the rear outside of the vehicle.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the front side door to which the vehicle door structure according to the first embodiment of the present invention is applied, as viewed from the obliquely rear inner side of the vehicle.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view corresponding to FIG. 1, illustrating a door structure of an automobile according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing a vehicle door structure according to a second embodiment of the present invention, as viewed obliquely from the rear and outside of the vehicle.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing a door structure of an automobile according to a conventional example.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a side door to which an automobile door structure according to a conventional example is applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Front side door 12 Door glass 16 Glass holder (glass support member) 18 Glass bracket (glass support member) 40 Lift bracket 40A Lift bracket flange (attachment part) 44 Bolt (fastening means) 46 Door inner panel (door panel) 46A Door Bottom part of inner panel 48 Work hole of door inner panel 52 Hole plug (lid member) 56 Glass holder (glass supporting member)

Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Yasuhiro Suda 1 Toyota Town, Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture Inside Toyota Motor Corporation (72) Inventor Kazufumi Teradako 19-10 Shinomecho Daru, Anjo City, Aichi Prefecture VTech Co., Ltd. (72 Inventor Yasushi Kawakami 19-10 Danome, Shinome-cho, Anjo-shi, Aichi F-term in V-Tech, Inc. (Reference) 3D127 CB05 CC05 DF26 EE09

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A glass support member fixed to a lower end portion of a door glass and a mounting hole formed in a mounting portion of a lift bracket are inserted from below into a mounting hole, and the glass supporting member is mounted on an upper surface of the mounting portion of the lift bracket. An automobile door structure comprising: fastening means for fastening; and a door panel having a working hole formed in a bottom surface below the fastening means. 2. The vehicle door structure according to claim 1, wherein a lid member is provided in the work hole.