JP2005041266A - Door structure for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely transmit load to a door belt line at low cost and at the time of a vehicle front collision. <P>SOLUTION: A rib 24 is located across a rear wall part 18F of a hinge side 18A of a door inner 18 on an extended line in front of a vehicle body of a belt line reinforcement 14 disposed within a front side door 12. A front pillar 20 is located in front of a front wall part 18B of the hinge side 18A connected to the rear wall part 18F by the rib 24. As a result, when collision load is inputted from an apron upper member into the front pillar 20 at the time of the vehicle front collision, the collision load can be surely transmitted to the belt line reinforcement 14 disposed in the door belt line part from the front pillar 20 via the rib 24 formed integrally with the hinge side 18A. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a vehicle door structure, and more particularly to a vehicle door structure applied to a side door of a vehicle such as an automobile.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, in a vehicle door structure applied to a side door of a vehicle such as an automobile, a long door guard bar is disposed on a door belt line portion in a door panel, thereby preventing an apron upper member at the time of a vehicle front collision. Is received by a door guard bar to prevent the steering member from moving rearward of the vehicle body (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Moreover, while providing an appellation reinforcement in a door belt line part, the structure which provided the attaching part of the base panel part in the front-end side of an appellation reinforcement is known (for example, refer patent document 2). In addition, an impact beam mounting bracket is integrally provided on the door inner reinforcement, and the door inner reinforcement and the impact beam are made of an aluminum alloy (see, for example, Patent Documents 3 and 4). . Moreover, the structure which integrally molded the rib to the cast door outer panel is known (for example, refer patent document 5).
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-59182 [Patent Document 2]
JP 2000-71770 [Patent Document 3]
JP 2001-246935 A [Patent Document 4]
JP 2001-341529 A [Patent Document 5]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-81408
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in Patent Document 1, in order to transmit a load from the front pillar to the door belt line at the time of a frontal collision of the vehicle, the front end portion of the door guard bar is located on the rear wall portion of the door frame disposed along the vertical direction at the door front end. It is in contact. As a result, when the door guard bar is made of an extruded material such as aluminum, it is necessary to cut the door guard bar into a predetermined length and then process the front end portion thereof into a shape along the rear wall portion of the door frame. . Manufacturing man-hours increase and costs increase.
[0005]
In consideration of the above facts, the present invention has an object to obtain a vehicle door structure that can transmit a load to a door belt line at a low cost and reliably at the time of a vehicle front collision.
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The vehicle door structure of the present invention according to claim 1 is a belt line reinforcement disposed in a door belt line portion;
A door inner that forms the skeleton of the door;
A hinge side portion that extends along the vehicle body vertical direction at a portion of the door inner that is on the vehicle body rear side of the front pillar, and a door hinge is fixed to a predetermined portion of the vehicle body vertical direction;
A reinforcement portion integrally formed on a vehicle body front side extension line of the beltline reinforcement in the hinge side portion;
It is provided with.
[0007]
Therefore, when a collision load is input from the apron upper member to the front pillar at the time of the frontal collision of the vehicle, the load acts on the hinge side portion of the door inner that forms the frame of the door on the rear side of the vehicle body of the front pillar, and the door inner It is transmitted to the belt line reinforcement disposed in the door belt line portion through a reinforcing portion integrally formed on the vehicle body front side extension line of the belt line reinforcement in the hinge side portion. As a result, a load can be reliably transmitted to the door belt line at the time of a vehicle front collision. In addition, when forming the door inner that forms the skeleton of the door, the front end of the belt line reinforcement can be contacted in advance with the mold on the hinge side part that faces the front end of the belt line reinforcement. Can be made into any shape. As a result, post-processing for matching the front end portion of the beltline reinforcement to the shape on the hinge side portion side becomes unnecessary. In addition, since the reinforcing portion is integrally formed with the hinge side portion of the door inner, the number of parts can be reduced as compared with the case where the reinforcing member is formed of a separate member. For this reason, the number of manufacturing steps and the number of parts are reduced, and the cost is reduced.
[0008]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle door structure according to the first aspect, the reinforcing portion is a rib.
[0009]
Therefore, in addition to the content of the first aspect, by using the reinforcing portion as a rib, the reinforcing portion can be easily formed integrally with the hinge side portion of the door inner by casting.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
An embodiment of a vehicle door structure according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
[0011]
In the figure, the arrow FR indicates the vehicle body front direction, the arrow UP indicates the vehicle body upward direction, and the arrow IN indicates the vehicle width inside direction.
[0012]
As shown in FIG. 3, in the front side door 12 of the automobile body 10, a beltline reinforcement 14 is disposed along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body at the door beltline portion.
[0013]
As shown in FIG. 2, the front side door 12 includes an outer panel 16 that constitutes the vehicle body outer side portion of the front side door 12, and a door inner 18 that forms a skeleton portion of the front side door 12.
[0014]
As shown in FIG. 1, the door inner 18 is made of an aluminum casting, and the front portion of the door inner 18 is a hinge side 18A as a hinge side portion. The hinge side 18A extends along the vertical direction of the vehicle body and has a dish shape with the opening directed toward the vehicle interior side. The front wall 18B of the hinge side 18A has a predetermined portion in the vertical direction of the vehicle body. Door hinge mounting portions 18C and 18D to which the door hinge is fixed are formed.
[0015]
A mirror bracket 18E having a substantially triangular shape in side view is integrally formed on the upper part of the hinge side 18A, and the rear end edge part of the mirror bracket 18E is constituted by an upper part 18G of the rear wall part 18F of the hinge side 18A. ing. The lower end portion of the rear wall portion 18F of the hinge side 18A is connected to the lower wall portion 18H of the door inner 18.
[0016]
As shown in FIG. 2, a rib 24 as a reinforcing portion is formed in a portion in the hinge side 18 </ b> A of the door inner 18 that is on the vehicle body rearward side of the rear wall portion 20 </ b> A of the front pillar 20.
[0017]
As shown in FIG. 1, the rib 24 includes a plurality of (two in the present embodiment, upper and lower) horizontal ribs 26 that extend along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and a plurality of (this embodiment) that extends along the vertical direction of the vehicle body. In the embodiment, it is composed of three vertical ribs 28.
[0018]
In addition, the lateral rib 26 is connected to the connecting portion 18J of the rear wall portion 18F of the hinge side 18A with the belt line reinforcement 14 and the front of the hinge side 18A at a portion on the extension line of the belt line reinforcement 14 to the front side of the vehicle body. The upper door hinge mounting portion 18C in the wall portion 18B is connected.
[0019]
On the other hand, the vertical ribs 28 intersect the horizontal ribs 26 in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body at a predetermined interval, and the ribs 24 have a ladder shape. Further, the vertical rib 28 extends upward from the vehicle body and is connected to a lower portion 30A of the mirror bracket rib 30 having a triangular shape in side view formed on the mirror bracket 18E.
[0020]
The mirror bracket rib 30 is set to ensure the rigidity of the door frame 12A when the front upper portion of the door frame 12A is pressed (pressing point P) as shown in FIG. By connecting the longitudinal ribs 28 to 30, the rigidity of the door frame 12 </ b> A can be further improved.
[0021]
The beltline reinforcement 14 is made of an extruded aluminum material having a rectangular closed cross-sectional structure, and the front end portion 14A is formed on the rear side surface 18K of the beltline reinforcement connection portion 18J on the rear wall portion 18F of the hinge side 18A. It is being fixed to the door inner 18 in the state which contact | abutted or approached.
[0022]
Further, there is a lateral rib 26 on an extension line of the upper wall portion 14B and the lower wall portion 14C of the belt line reinforcement 14 to the front side of the vehicle body.
[0023]
Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the rib 24 is provided on the vehicle body front extension line of the beltline reinforcement 14 with the rear wall portion 18 </ b> F of the hinge side 18 </ b> A of the door inner 18 interposed therebetween, and the rib 24 is further connected. There is a front pillar 20 in front of the front wall portion 18B of the hinge side 18A. For this reason, when a collision load is input from the apron upper member to the front pillar 20 at the time of frontal collision of the vehicle, the load acts on the hinge side 18A of the door inner 18 on the rear side of the vehicle body of the front pillar 20 and is integrated with the hinge side 18A. It is transmitted to the belt line reinforcement 14 disposed in the door belt line portion through the formed rib 24.
[0024]
As shown in FIG. 2, the rear wall portion 18F of the hinge side 18A has a U-shape with the opening directed toward the vehicle interior, and a rib 18L is formed in the vehicle body longitudinal direction. Yes. A glass channel 40 is fixed to the outer wall portion 18M of the rear wall portion 18F of the hinge side 18A by welding or the like along the vertical direction of the vehicle body, and a weather strip 42 is attached to the front wall portion 18B of the hinge side 18A. Is arranged.
[0025]
Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
[0026]
In the present embodiment, there is a rib 24 on the vehicle body front extension line of the belt line reinforcement 14 disposed in the front side door 12 with the hinge wall 18A rear wall portion 18F of the door inner 18 sandwiched therebetween. There is a front pillar 20 in front of the front wall portion 18B of the hinge side 18A connected to the rear wall portion 18F. As a result, when the vehicle body 10 collides forward, if a collision load is input from the apron upper member to the front pillar 20, the front pillar 20 moves to the hinge side 18 </ b> A of the door inner 18 that is the vehicle body rearward side of the front pillar 20. The load abuts on the hinge side 18A. For this reason, the load is efficiently transmitted to the belt line reinforcement 14 disposed in the door belt line portion via the rib 24 integrally formed on the hinge side 18A. Therefore, in this embodiment, a load can be reliably transmitted to the door belt line at the time of a vehicle front collision.
[0027]
Further, in this embodiment, when the rib 24 is integrally formed on the hinge side 18A of the door inner 18 by casting, the belt line reinforcement reinforcement 18J in the door inner 18 is previously formed with the belt line reinforcement by the molding die. The front end portion 14A of the ment 14 can be shaped so that it can abut. As a result, even when the beltline reinforcement 14 is manufactured by cutting the extruded material, post-processing for matching the front end portion 14A of the beltline reinforcement 14 to the shape of the rear side surface 18K of the beltline reinforcement connecting portion 18J. Is no longer necessary.
[0028]
Moreover, in this embodiment, since the rib 24 as a reinforcement part is integrally formed in the hinge side 18A of the door inner 18, a number of parts can be reduced compared with the case where a reinforcement member is comprised with another member.
[0029]
Therefore, in this embodiment, the number of manufacturing steps and the number of parts are reduced, and the cost is reduced.
[0030]
Moreover, in this embodiment, since the reinforcement part was comprised with the rib 24, the rib 24 can be easily integrally formed by the casting molding to the hinge side part 18A of the door inner 18. FIG. Further, the weight can be reduced as compared with the configuration in which the reinforcing portion is a thick portion or the belt line reinforcement 14 is extended forward instead of the rib 24.
[0031]
Further, in the present embodiment, the vertical rib 28 extends upward from the vehicle body and is connected to the lower portion 30A of the mirror bracket rib 30 that is formed in the mirror bracket 18E and has a triangular shape in side view. As a result, the rigidity of the door frame 12A can be improved. For this reason, the thickness of the mirror bracket 18E and the door frame fixing portion in the door inner 18 can be reduced, and the weight can be reduced.
[0032]
Although the present invention has been described in detail with respect to specific embodiments, the present invention is not limited to such embodiments, and various other embodiments are possible within the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the ladder-shaped rib 24 including the horizontal rib 26 and the vertical rib 28 is formed as the reinforcing portion, but the shape of the rib 24 is not limited to this. Further, reinforcing portions other than the ribs 24 may be formed on the hinge side 18 </ b> A of the door inner 18. Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the door inner 18 was comprised with the casting of aluminum, you may cast the door inner 18 with other materials, such as light metals other than aluminum, resin.
[0033]
【The invention's effect】
The door structure for a vehicle according to the first aspect of the present invention is a belt line reinforcement disposed in the door belt line portion, a door inner forming a skeleton portion of the door, and a vehicle body rearward side of the front pillar in the door inner. A hinge side portion that extends along the vertical direction of the vehicle body and has a door hinge fixed to a predetermined vertical direction of the vehicle body, and a reinforcement that is integrally formed on the front side extension line of the belt line reinforcement at the hinge side portion Therefore, the load can be reliably transmitted to the door belt line at the time of a vehicle front collision.
[0034]
According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle door structure according to the first aspect, since the reinforcing portion is a rib, the reinforcing portion is casted on the hinge side portion of the door inner in addition to the effect of the first aspect. It has an excellent effect that it can be easily integrally formed.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an essential part of a vehicle door structure according to an embodiment of the present invention as seen from the obliquely rearward side of a vehicle body.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line 2-2 of FIG.
FIG. 3 is a schematic side view showing a part of a vehicle body to which a vehicle door structure according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied, excluding a door outer panel.
[Explanation of symbols]
12 Front side door 14 Beltline reinforcement 14A Front end 18 of beltline reinforcement Door inner 18A Hinge side (hinge side) of door inner
18E Mirror bracket of door inner 20 Front pillar 24 Rib (reinforcement part)
26 Horizontal rib 28 Vertical rib 30 Mirror bracket rib

Claims (2)

Belt line reinforcement arranged in the door belt line part,
A door inner that forms the skeleton of the door;
A hinge side portion that extends along the vehicle body vertical direction at a portion of the door inner that is on the vehicle body rear side of the front pillar, and a door hinge is fixed to a predetermined portion of the vehicle body vertical direction;
A reinforcement portion integrally formed on a vehicle body front side extension line of the beltline reinforcement in the hinge side portion;
A vehicle door structure characterized by comprising: The vehicle door structure according to claim 1, wherein the reinforcing portion is a rib.

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