JP2011245961A - Vehicle door - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle door capable of reliably linking an operation handle to a transmission lever when attaching the operation handle and an operation force transmitting mechanism which are members separated from each other to the vehicle door.SOLUTION: A through-hole 17 is formed on the door panel 15 of the vehicle door 13, a handle unit 60 is located on the outside of the door panel in a state of locating a pressing part 69 on the internal space 25 of the vehicle door through the through-hole 17, the operation force transmitting mechanism 40 is arranged on the internal space 25 in a state of making the transmission lever 45 be opposed to the pressing part 69, and the handle unit, the door panel and the operation force transmitting mechanism are positioned on the door panel by using common positioning means 42a, B and further, are fixed to the door panel by using fixing means B, N.

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle door including a lock mechanism that can be opened and closed with respect to an opening of a vehicle main body, engages and disengages a striker projecting from the opening, and an operation handle for operating the lock mechanism.

On the rear surface of the vehicle of Patent Document 1, an opening having a striker projecting is formed at the lower end thereof, and the upper edge of the opening is rotatably supported at the upper edge of the opening.
This back door is formed by joining together an outer panel that forms the rear surface of the back door, an inner panel that is positioned immediately before the outer panel, and a door trim that is positioned immediately before the inner panel and forms the inner surface of the back door. The lower end portion is provided with a lock mechanism that can lock the striker when the opening is closed by the back door.
In addition, an operating force transmission mechanism is provided in the inner space of the back door formed between the outer panel and the inner panel, and a transmission lever is rotatably supported by the mounting bracket. The mounting bracket is fixed to the inner panel. It is. The transmission lever is urged to rotate toward the lock allowable position by the urging means, and can be rotated to the unlocked position against the rotation urging force of the urging means. The transmission lever and the lock mechanism are linked to each other via a cable. When the transmission lever is located at the lock allowable position, the lock mechanism is locked to lock the striker. When the transmission lever rotates to the unlock position, the lock is locked. The mechanism is unlocked to release the striker. Furthermore, an operation handle that can rotate between a locked position and an unlocked position is attached to the rear surface of the outer panel. A front end portion of the operation handle is located in an inner space between the outer panel and the inner panel through a through hole formed in the outer panel, and is linked to the transmission lever in the inner space.
Since the operation handle is urged to rotate toward the lock position by the urging force of the urging means, the operation handle is positioned at the lock position when no external force is applied. When the operation handle is positioned at the lock position, the transmission lever is positioned at the lock allowable position, so that the lock mechanism is locked. On the other hand, when the operation handle is rotated to the unlocked position against the urging force of the urging means, the front end of the operation handle contacts the transmission lever and rotates the transmission lever to the unlocked position. It becomes unlocked.

Japanese Patent No. 3693797

The back door of Patent Document 1 has a structure in which the lock mechanism is switched from the locked state to the unlocked state by transmitting the operation force (rotational force) applied to the operation handle from the operation handle to the operation force transmission mechanism (transmission lever). It is necessary to reliably transmit the operation force from the operation handle to the transmission lever.
However, while the mounting bracket of the operating force transmission mechanism is attached to the inner panel, the operating handle is attached to the outer panel, so if the mounting position of one of the operating handle and the mounting bracket is slightly shifted, the operating handle and the transmission lever The relative position of the operation handle may deviate from the design position, and the operation handle and the transmission lever may not be linked well when the operation handle is rotated.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle door that can reliably link an operation handle and a transmission lever when an operation handle and an operation force transmission mechanism, which are separate members, are attached to the vehicle door.

  The vehicle door of the present invention can be opened and closed with respect to the opening of the vehicle body, and has an operating force transmission mechanism having a transmission lever that can rotate between an initial position and a power transmission position, and the transmission lever when a steering operation is performed. And a handle unit having a pressing portion that presses the power transmission position from the initial position to the power transmission position. A through-hole is formed in the door panel of the vehicle door, and the handle unit passes through the pressing portion. Positioned outside the door panel in a state of being located in the interior space of the vehicle door through a hole, and disposing the operating force transmission mechanism in the interior space in a state where the transmission lever is opposed to the pressing portion, The handle unit and the operating force transmission mechanism are positioned on the door panel using a common positioning means.

  The positioning unit may be used to fix the handle unit and the operating force transmission mechanism to the door panel.

  The vehicle door has an outer panel and an inner panel, and one of the outer panel and the inner panel is the door panel, the operating force transmission mechanism is located on the side of the door panel facing the other panel, and the facing The handle unit may be positioned on the opposite side of the surface. The door panel may include a reinforcing plate (reinforce) attached to reinforce the door panel.

The operating force transmission mechanism includes the transmission lever and a mounting bracket that rotatably supports the transmission lever, and the mounting bracket can be temporarily fixed to a temporary holding portion formed on the door panel. You may have a stop part and one to-be-fixed part fixed to the said door panel by one fixing member.
The operating force transmission mechanism includes the transmission lever and a mounting bracket that rotatably supports the transmission lever, and the door panel includes a rotation restricting piece and a recess or a hole that can be fitted to each other. The mounting bracket has one of a fitting portion, and the mounting bracket has the other of the rotation restricting piece and the fitting portion, and one fixed portion fixed to the door panel by one fixing member. It may be.
With this configuration, the mounting bracket can be mounted using the fixing member in a state where the mounting bracket is temporarily fixed to the door panel using the temporary holding portion and the temporary fixing portion, or the concave portion for rotation prevention and the rotation restricting piece. Since the rotation of the mounting bracket around the fixing member relative to the door panel can be restricted by using a single fixing member, the mounting work of the mounting bracket to the door panel can be simplified.

  In the present invention, the handle unit and the operating force transmission mechanism having the transmission lever are fixed together with the common door panel of the vehicle door using a common fixing means, so that the operation handle and the transmission lever when fixed to the door panel are used. Is less likely to deviate from the design position, and the operation handle and the transmission lever can be reliably linked.

1 is a side view of a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a vertical side view of a back door. It is the disassembled perspective view seen from the front which shows a handle | steering-unit unit, an outer panel, a reinforcement board, and the operation-force transmission mechanism in the state isolate | separated mutually. It is a vertical side view of a handle unit. It is a front view of the operating force transmission mechanism, the reinforcing plate, the outer panel, and the handle unit when viewed from the inner panel side. It is a top view which shows the state inside the lock case of the lock mechanism in a locked state. FIG. 7 is a plan view similar to FIG. 6 in the unlocked state. It is a disassembled perspective view similar to FIG. 3 of a modification.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that the front-rear direction in the following description is based on the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. 1 (the longitudinal direction of the vehicle).
FIG. 1 shows a vehicle 10 to which the present invention is applied.
An opening 11 is formed at the rear end of the main body of the vehicle 10, and a striker 12 protrudes upward at the lower end of the opening 11. Furthermore, the upper edge part of the back door 13 is supported on the upper edge part of the opening part 11 so that it can rotate around the axis | shaft of the left-right direction (vehicle width direction).
As shown in FIG. 2, the back door 13 has a hollow structure in which a plurality of panel materials are stacked in the front-rear direction (thickness direction of the back door 13) and joined together. That is, the rear surface of the back door 13 is constituted by a metal outer panel 15, and the upper part of the metal reinforcing plate 20 (outer reinforcement) is in contact with the front surface of the outer panel 15. It is. Further, a metal inner panel 24 is positioned immediately before the reinforcing plate 20, and a part of the inner panel 24 is in contact with the front surface of the outer panel 15. The contact portion between the outer panel 15 and the reinforcing plate 20 and the contact portion between the outer panel 15 and the inner panel 24 are fixed to each other by welding, and a door trim 27 formed of a synthetic resin is provided on the front surface of the inner panel 24 with bolts or the like ( (Not shown). An inner space 25 shown in FIG. 2 is formed between the outer panel 15 and the door trim 27. As shown in FIG. 2, a mounting recess 16 is provided forward on the rear surface of the outer panel 15, and a through hole 17 and a pair of left and right loose fitting holes 18 are formed on the bottom surface of the mounting recess 16. . Further, a through hole 21 and a loose fitting hole 22 are respectively formed at positions of the reinforcing plate 20 facing the through hole 17 and the loose fitting hole 18. Further, a rotation restricting piece (temporary holding portion) 23 is projected directly below the through hole 21 by cutting and raising, and a screw insertion hole 20 a is formed at the lower end portion of the reinforcing plate 20.

A lock mechanism 30 having a lock case 31 (and its internal mechanism) and a lock control unit 37 is provided at the lower end of the internal space 25.
As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the metal lock case 31 whose lower surface is exposed at the lower end surface of the back door 13 has an entire upper surface opened and a striker entry groove 32 formed on the lower surface. In the internal space, a hook 33 and a pole 34 are supported so as to be rotatable around a rotation shaft 35 and a rotation shaft 36 that project from the bottom surface of the lock case 31, respectively. The hook 33 having the striker holding groove 33a, the first engagement portion 33b, and the second engagement portion 33c is rotatable between the striker holding position shown in FIG. 6 and the striker release position shown in FIG. The torsion coil spring S1 is urged to rotate toward the striker release position by the rotation urging force. On the other hand, the pole 34 having the pressed protrusion 34a and the lock holding protrusion 34b can rotate between the engagement position shown in FIG. 6 and the non-engagement position shown in FIG. 7, and the torsion coil spring S2. Is urged to rotate toward the engagement position. Further, the lock control unit 37 located directly above the lock case 31 is provided with a swingable unlocking lever 38 and an interlocking mechanism (not shown) for operating the unlocking lever 38. The lower end portion of the lever 38 is positioned inside the lock case 31 through the upper surface opening of the lock case 31. The lock release lever 38 can swing in the direction of arrow A in FIGS. 6 and 7 between the non-pressing position shown in FIG. 6 and the pressing position shown in FIG. 7, and is provided inside the lock control unit 37. Due to the action of the interlocking mechanism, it is always in the non-pressed position (when no force is received from the operation cable 50 described later). When the unlocking lever 38 is located at the non-pressing position, the lower end portion of the unlocking lever 38 is separated from the pressed projection 34a of the pole 34 as shown in FIG. 6, so that the pole 34 is rotated by the rotational biasing force of the torsion coil spring S2. Is located in the engaged position. On the other hand, when the unlocking lever 38 swings to the pressing position by the operation of the interlocking mechanism, the lower end portion of the unlocking lever 38 presses the pressed protrusion 34a, twists the pole 34, and the rotational biasing force of the coil spring S2. Rotate to the non-engagement position (see FIG. 7).

An operating force transmission mechanism 40 located above the lock mechanism 30 is provided inside the internal space 25.
The operating force transmission mechanism 40 includes a mounting bracket 41 that is a member obtained by bending a metal plate, and a transmission lever 45 that is rotatably supported by a rotation support shaft 46 that projects from the mounting bracket 41. A pair of left and right projecting pieces projecting upward on the upper edge of the mounting bracket 41 are respectively a round hole (positioning means) 42a having a smaller diameter than the loose fitting holes 18 and 22, and a longitudinal dimension (from the diameter of the round hole 42a). A long hole 42 b having a long left and right dimension is formed, and a screw insertion hole (fixed portion) 43 is formed at the lower end portion of the mounting bracket 41. Further, a rotation-preventing recess having the same width (left-right dimension) as that of the rotation restricting piece 23 is provided at the center of the upper edge of the mounting bracket 41 (between the left and right protruding pieces formed with the round hole 42a and the long hole 42b). (Temporary fixing portion) (fitted portion) 44 is recessed downward. The mounting bracket 41 is fixed to the surface of the reinforcing plate 20 on the inner panel 24 side by a fixing procedure described later. A pressed piece 47 projects from one end of the transmission lever 45, and a cable support piece 48 is formed at the other end of the transmission lever 45. The transmission lever 45 can rotate between a lock allowable position (initial position) indicated by a solid line in FIGS. 4 and 5 and a lock release position (power transmission position) indicated by a virtual line in FIGS. 4 and 5. The biasing force of the omitted spring means is rotationally biased toward the lock allowable position. As shown in the figure, the cable support piece 48 is connected to the upper end of the wire 51 of the operation cable 50 in which the portion excluding both ends of the wire 51 is covered with the outer tube 52. Connected to the mechanism. The mounting bracket 41 (the rotation support shaft 46) and the transmission lever 45 described above are components of the operating force transmission mechanism 40.
Thus, since the operating force transmission mechanism 40 (transmission lever 45) and the lock mechanism 30 are linked via the operation cable 50, when the transmission lever 45 is located at the lock allowable position, the lock mechanism 30 starts from the lower end of the wire 51. No external force (operation force) is exerted on the above-mentioned interlocking mechanism, and the lock release lever 38 is positioned at the non-pressing position by the action of the interlocking mechanism. On the other hand, when the transmission lever 45 rotates to the unlocked position, this rotational force is transmitted to the interlocking mechanism via the lower end of the wire 51 pulled upward, and the interlocking mechanism rotates the unlocking lever 38 to the pressed position.

A handle unit 60, which is a separate body from the operating force transmission mechanism 40, is attached to the mounting recess 16 of the outer panel 15.
The handle unit 60 includes a support case 61 and an operation handle 65, both of which are molded products made of hard synthetic resin. The support case 61 is a member whose front surface and both left and right side surfaces are closed, and whose rear surface and lower surface are open. A through hole 62 is formed in a substantially central portion of the front wall. A stopper 63 protrudes directly below the through hole 62. Further, a rotation support shaft 64 having a circular cross section extending in the left-right direction is provided between the opposing surfaces of the left and right side walls. A pair of left and right bolts (positioning means and fixing means) B extending forward (substantially in the same direction as the thickness direction of the back door 13) B are integrally fixed to the front wall of the support case 61 by insert molding. is there. The cross-sectional diameter of the bolt B is substantially the same diameter (slightly smaller) as the diameter of the round hole 42 a and is slightly smaller than the loose fitting holes 18 and 22.
The operation handle 65 protrudes forward from the front surface of the grip portion 67 having a finger insertion recess 66 for finger insertion on the lower surface (extends substantially in the same direction as the thickness direction of the back door 13). And a pressing protrusion (pressing portion) 69. The grip portion 67 is located inside the support case 61 (between the left and right side walls), and a through support hole 68 that penetrates the upper portion of the grip portion 67 in the left-right direction is rotatably fitted to the rotation support shaft 64. Yes. The operation handle 65 is locked with respect to the support case 61 by a solid line shown in FIGS. 2 and 4 (a position where the front surface of the operation handle 65 contacts the stopper 63), and an unlock position shown by a virtual line in FIGS. Between the support case 61 and the operation handle 65 and is urged to rotate toward the lock position by the urging force of the torsion coil spring S3 (see FIG. 2). The pressing protrusion 69 protrudes forward of the front wall of the support case 61 through the through hole 62.

The operating force transmission mechanism 40 (mounting bracket 41) and the handle unit 60 are integrally fixed to the back door 13 by the following procedure.
When the operating force transmission mechanism 40 and the handle unit 60 are fixed, the mounting bracket 41 of the operating force transmission mechanism 40 is brought closer to the upper end of the reinforcing plate 20 and the outer panel 15 from the front before attaching the door trim 27 to the back door 13. . Then, the rotation preventing recess 44 of the mounting bracket 41 is fitted to the rotation restricting piece 23 from below to bring the lower surface of the rotation preventing recess 44 into contact with the lower surface of the rotation restricting piece 23, and the round hole 42 a and the elongated hole 42 b are formed. The left and right loose fitting holes 22 of the reinforcing plate 20 are opposed to each other, and the lower end of the mounting bracket 41 is brought into contact with the lower end of the reinforcing plate 20 through the work hole 24a (see FIG. 2) of the inner panel 24. The screw insertion hole 43 is opposed to the screw insertion hole 20a formed in the lower end portion of the reinforcing plate 20. Then, a set screw (fixing member) 70 is inserted into the screw insertion hole 43 and the screw insertion hole 20a from the front, and screwed into a weld nut 20b that is positioned and fixed on the rear surface of the reinforcing plate 20 immediately after the screw insertion hole 20a. To do. When the lower end portion of the mounting bracket 41 and the lower end portion of the reinforcing plate 20 are fixed in contact with each other in this way, the upper end portion of the mounting bracket 41 is supported by the rotation-preventing recess 44 of the mounting bracket 41 and the rotation restricting piece 23 of the reinforcing plate 20. Since the rotation (movement in the left-right direction) around the screw insertion hole 43 (set screw 70) of the (rotation prevention recess 44) is restricted, the mounting bracket 41 is fixed to the reinforcing plate 20. In this way, the mounting bracket 41 can be fixed to the reinforcing plate 20 by using the set screw 70 while temporarily fixing the upper end of the mounting bracket 41 to the reinforcing plate 20 by using the rotation restricting piece 23 and the rotation preventing recess 44. In addition, since the mounting bracket 41 can be attached to the reinforcing plate 20 only by screwing one set screw 70 to the weld nut 20b, the fixing operation of the mounting bracket 41 to the reinforcing plate 20 is simple.
Further, the handle unit 60 is approached from the rear of the outer panel 15 to the mounting recess 16 to bring the front surface of the support case 61 into contact with the bottom surface of the mounting recess 16, and the right bolt B is connected to the right loose-fitting hole 18 and loose-fitting hole. 22 and the circular hole 42a, and the tip part protrudes ahead of the round hole 42a. On the other hand, the left bolt B is inserted into the left loose-fitting hole 18, the loose-fitting hole 22, and the long hole 42b, and the tip portion thereof protrudes forward of the long hole 42b. Then, the handle unit 60 and the mounting bracket 41 (and the reinforcing plate 20, the outer panel 15) are positioned with respect to each other, and the front end portion of the pressing projection 69 is the through hole 17 of the outer panel 15 and the through hole 21 of the reinforcing plate 20. And is located immediately above the pressed piece 47 of the transmission lever 45 of the operating force transmission mechanism 40 (see FIGS. 2 and 4). Then, a pair of left and right nuts (fixing means) N are screwed into the front ends of the left and right bolts B from the front, and the upper ends (round holes 42a and long holes 42b) of the mounting bracket 41 are formed by the bolts B and nuts N. The left and right protrusions), the reinforcing plate 20, the outer panel 15, and the support case 61 are fixed in contact with each other.

Next, the operation of the back door 13 configured as described above will be described.
When the back door 13 is in the open state as shown by the phantom line in FIG. 1, the lock mechanism 30 is in the unlocked state shown in FIG. That is, the striker 12 is positioned outside the lock case 31, the hook 33 is positioned at the striker release position by the rotational biasing force of the torsion coil spring S1, and the pole 34 is rotationally biased toward the engagement position by the torsion coil spring S2. Therefore, the opposing surface (circumferential surface) of the pole 34 with the second engagement portion 33c engages with the second engagement portion 33c (not shown).
When the back door 13 is closed to the fully closed position from this state, the striker 12 engages with the striker holding groove 33a of the hook 33 while entering the striker entry groove 32 of the lock case 31, so that the hook that receives force from the striker 12 is engaged. 33 rotates in the clockwise direction in FIG. 7 against the rotational biasing force of the torsion coil spring S1. Then, as shown in FIG. 6, the hook 33 rotates to the striker holding position shown in FIG. 6, the first engagement portion 33b of the hook 33 and the lock holding projection 34b of the pole 34 are engaged with each other, and the hook 33 is held by the striker. Since it is held in position, the striker 12 cannot escape from the striker entry groove 32.
In order to open the back door 13 from this state, the passenger or the driver grips the grip portion 67 by hand while inserting the finger of the hand into the finger insertion recess 66, and resists the biasing force of the torsion coil spring S3. The operation handle 65 is rotated to the unlock position (the handle is operated). Then, as shown by the phantom lines in FIGS. 2 and 4, the pressing protrusion 69 of the operation handle 65 presses the pressed piece 47 of the transmission lever 45 downward, so that it is shown by the phantom lines in FIGS. Then, the transmission lever 45 located at the lock allowable position rotates to the lock release position against the urging force of the spring means. Then, the cable support piece 48 of the transmission lever 45 moves upward, and the wire 51 of the operation cable 50 whose upper end is supported by the cable support piece 48 is pulled upward, so that the lock mechanism linked to the lower end of the wire 51 is engaged. As a result, the lock release lever 38 located at the non-pressing position shown in FIG. 6 swings to the pressing position shown in FIG. Then, the lower end portion of the lock release lever 38 presses the pressed projection 34a of the pole 34, so that the pole 34 located at the engagement position rotates to the non-engagement position and the lock holding projection 34b becomes the first engagement. Since the engagement with the joint portion 33b is released, the hook 33 is rotated to the striker release position by the rotational biasing force of the torsion coil spring S1. Therefore, since the striker holding groove 33a of the hook 33 releases the striker 12 while discharging the striker 12 to the outside of the striker entry groove 32, the back door 13 can be rotated to the fully opened position.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the operation force transmission mechanism 40 (mounting bracket 41) and the handle unit 60 are joined together by using the bolt B and the nut N, and the outer panel 15 (free fitting hole 18), which is a common member. Since the operating force transmission mechanism 40 and the handle unit 60 are fixed to the outer panel 15 and the reinforcing plate 20, the pressing protrusion 69 of the operating handle 65 and the operating force transmission are fixed to the reinforcing plate 20 (free fitting hole 22). The relative position of the transmission lever 45 of the mechanism 40 is unlikely to deviate from the design position, and the pressing protrusion 69 and the pressed piece 47 are reliably linked. Therefore, when the operation handle 65 is rotated to the unlock position, the rotational force of the operation handle 65 is reliably transmitted from the pressing projection 69 to the pressed piece 47, so that the lock mechanism 30 is locked by the rotation operation of the operation handle 65. It is possible to reliably switch between the state and the unlocked state.

Although the present invention has been described using the present embodiment, the present invention can be implemented with various modifications.
For example, the embodiment shown in FIG. A pair of left and right positioning pins P extending forward are integrally projected on the front wall of the support case 61 of this modification in a manner located between the pair of bolts B. The longitudinal dimension and outer diameter of the positioning pin P are substantially the same as those of the bolt B. Further, the outer panel 15 is provided with a pair of left and right loose fitting holes 18 a that are located outside the pair of loose fitting holes 18 and have the same shape as the loose fitting holes 18. A pair of left and right loose fitting holes 22 a which are located outside the loose fitting hole 22 and have the same shape as the loose fitting hole 22 are formed.
Also in this modification, when the operating force transmission mechanism 40 and the handle unit 60 are attached to the back door 13, the attachment bracket 41 is first fixed to the reinforcing plate 20 by the same procedure as in the above embodiment. Next, the handle unit 60 is made to approach the mounting recess 16 from the rear of the outer panel 15, and the right positioning pin P is inserted into the right loose fitting hole 18, the loose fitting hole 22, and the round hole (positioning means) 42a. The distal end portion of the positioning pin P is projected forward of the round hole 42a, and the left positioning pin P is inserted into the left loose fitting hole 18, the loose fitting hole 22, and the long hole 42b, and the positioning pin P The front end of the projection is projected forward of the long hole 42b. Then, the handle unit 60, the outer panel 15, and the reinforcing plate 20 (and the mounting bracket 41) are positioned with respect to each other, the right bolt B is located on the right side of the right protruding piece in which the round hole 42a is formed, and the long hole The left bolt B is located on the left side of the left protrusion on which 42b is formed. Accordingly, when the pair of left and right nuts (fixing means) N are screwed into the front ends of the left and right bolts B from the front, the reinforcing plate 20, the outer panel 15, and the support case 61 are adjacent to each other by the bolts B and the nuts N. They are fixed in contact with each other.
Also by this modification, the same effect as the above embodiment can be obtained.

Moreover, you may apply this invention to the slide door and side door (rotary door) which open and close the side surface opening part of a vehicle main body. Moreover, you may provide the handle | steering-wheel unit 60 not in the vehicle outer side surface (outer panel 15) of the door to apply but in the vehicle inner surface (inner panel 24). In this case, the handle unit 60 is positioned on the inner surface (inner side) surface of the inner panel 24 and the operating force transmission mechanism 40 is positioned on the outer surface (opposite surface side of the outer panel 15) of the inner panel 24. Thus, the handle unit 60 and the operating force transmission mechanism 40 are positioned and fixed with the inner panel 24 interposed therebetween, and a hole for exposing the handle unit 60 to the inside of the vehicle is provided in the door trim 27.
In addition, the handle unit 60 is positioned outside the reinforcing plate 20 that forms a part of the outer panel 15, and the operating force transmission mechanism 40 is positioned inside the reinforcing plate 20. A hole may be provided in the outer panel 15 to expose and handle the handle unit 60 to the outside of the vehicle, with the reinforcing plate 20 being sandwiched and fixed. Further, a reinforcing plate (not shown) constituting a part of the inner panel 24 is fixed to the rear surface of the inner panel 24, the handle unit 60 is positioned inside the reinforcing plate, and an operating force is applied to the outside of the reinforcing plate. Positioning the transmission mechanism 40 and positioning and fixing the handle unit 60 and the operating force transmission mechanism 40 with the reinforcing plate sandwiched therebetween, so that the handle unit 60 is exposed to the inner panel 24, the door and the rim 27 to the inside of the vehicle. May be provided.
Furthermore, the specific structure of the handle unit is not limited to the handle unit 60 described above.
The fixing means is other than bolts B and nuts N, for example, extends in substantially the same direction as the thickness of the back door 13, and is fitted while being elastically deformed in the loose fitting holes 18, 22, round holes 42a, and long holes 42b. Alternatively, spot welding may be used to fix the clip, the support case 61 made of metal, the outer panel 15, the reinforcing plate 20, and the mounting bracket 41 to each other.
The positioning means may be other than the bolt B, the positioning pin P, and the round hole 42a. For example, instead of the bolt B and the positioning pin P, a positioning pin that is separate from the handle unit 60 and penetrates the handle unit 60, the outer panel 15, and the reinforcing plate 20 (and the mounting bracket 41), or a round hole 42a is used. You may use a notch instead of.
Further, the support case 61 and the mounting bracket 41 may be brought into contact with both surfaces of the outer panel 15, and these may be fixed to each other by the fixing means.
Further, the rotation stopper 44 may be formed on the door panel side, and the rotation restricting piece 23 may be formed on the mounting bracket 41 side. Furthermore, a hole may be employed as a fitted portion instead of the rotation-preventing recess 44.

10 vehicle 11 opening 12 striker 13 back door (vehicle door)
15 Outer panel (door panel)
16 Mounting recess 17 Through hole 18 18a Free fitting hole 20 Reinforcing plate (door panel)
20a Screw insertion hole 20b Weld nut 21 Through hole 22 22a Free fitting hole 23 Rotation restricting piece (temporary holding part)
24 Inner panel (door panel)
24a Working hole 25 Internal space 27 Door trim 30 Lock mechanism 31 Lock case 32 Striker entry groove 33 Hook 33a Striker holding groove 33b First engagement portion 33c Second engagement portion 34 Pole 34a Pressed protrusion 34b Lock holding projection 35 36 Rotating shaft 37 Lock control unit 38 Lock release lever 40 Operating force transmission mechanism 41 Mounting bracket 42a Round hole (positioning means)
42b Long hole 43 Screw insertion hole (fixed part)
44 Detent for rotation prevention (temporary fixing part) (fitting part)
45 Transmission lever 46 Rotation support shaft 47 Pressed piece 48 Cable support piece 50 Operation cable 51 Wire 52 Outer tube 60 Handle unit 61 Support case 62 Through hole 63 Stopper 64 Rotation support shaft 65 Operation handle 66 Finger insertion recess 67 Grasping part 68 Through hole 69 Pressing protrusion (pressing part)
70 Set screw (fixing member)
B Bolt (fixing means) (positioning means)
N nut (fixing means)
P Positioning pin (Positioning means)
S1 S2 S3 Torsion coil spring

Claims (5)

It can be opened and closed with respect to the opening of the vehicle body,
An operating force transmission mechanism having a transmission lever rotatable at an initial position and a power transmission position;
A handle unit having a pressing portion for pressing the transmission lever from the initial position to the power transmission position when a handle operation is performed;
In a vehicle door comprising:
A through hole is formed in the door panel of the vehicle door,
The handle unit is positioned outside the door panel in a state where the pressing portion is positioned in the interior space of the vehicle door through the through hole,
The operating force transmission mechanism is disposed in the internal space with the transmission lever facing the pressing portion,
A vehicle door, wherein the handle unit and the operating force transmission mechanism are positioned on the door panel using a common positioning means. The vehicle door according to claim 1,
A vehicle door in which the handle unit and the operating force transmission mechanism are fixed to the door panel using the positioning means. The vehicle door according to claim 1 or 2,
The vehicle door has an outer panel and an inner panel,
One of the outer panel and the inner panel is the door panel,
A vehicle door in which the operating force transmission mechanism is fixed to a surface of the door panel facing the other panel, and the handle unit is fixed to a surface of the door panel opposite to the facing surface. The vehicle door according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The operating force transmission mechanism includes the transmission lever and a mounting bracket that rotatably supports the transmission lever;
A vehicle door in which the mounting bracket has a temporary fixing portion that can be temporarily fixed to a temporary holding portion formed on the door panel, and one fixed portion that is fixed to the door panel by one fixing member. The vehicle door according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The operating force transmission mechanism includes the transmission lever and a mounting bracket that rotatably supports the transmission lever;
The door panel has one of a rotation regulating piece that can be fitted to each other and a fitted portion made of a recess or a hole,
A vehicle door in which the mounting bracket includes the rotation restricting piece, the other of the fitted parts, and one fixed part fixed to the door panel by one fixing member.