JP3458488B2 - Vehicle door structure - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a door structure for a vehicle such as an automobile, and more particularly to a structure for mounting a weather strip mounted on an inner panel of a door.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a vehicle door, as shown in FIG. 1, a weather strip 3 for sealing a space between a door body 1 and a body 2 composed of an outer panel 4 and an inner panel 5 is provided. Is installed all around. In the conventional door structure, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a plurality of mounting holes 7 are formed in the peripheral surface portion 6 including the bottom surface 6a and the side surface 6b of the inner panel 5, and the weather strip 3 is formed in the mounting holes 7. The attached clip 8 is fitted and fixed. The weather strip 3 is in close contact with the peripheral surface portion 6 of the inner panel 5 at the bottom surface portion 3a to which the clip 8 is attached, and in close contact with the body 2 that comes into contact when the door is tightened by the elastic portion 3b at the upper portion. The mounting hole 7 of the inner panel 5 is
When the inner panel 5 is press-molded, it is punched from the two directions of the bottom surface 6a and the side surface 6b by the punch 9 for punching holes provided in the press machine.

[0003]

However, since the mounting hole 7 of the clip 8 is not formed in the peripheral surface portion 6 at the corner 6c of the inner panel 5, the interval (l) between the clips 8 of the weather strip 3 is increased. Was wider than the distance between the bottom surface 6a and the side surface 6b. For this reason,
At the corner 6c, the weather strip 3 may be laterally displaced or twisted, impairing the sealing property, and dust and water may enter the vehicle interior. Further, when the weather strip 3 is attached to the inner panel 5, the weather strip 3 is likely to be twisted at the position of the corner 6c, and the weather strip 3 is attached while paying attention to the twist. As a countermeasure against this, conventionally, the curvature of the corner 6c of the inner panel 5 is made small to narrow the interval (l) of the clips 8, but it cannot be made too small in the press molding of the inner panel 5, so a sufficient effect cannot be obtained. It was Also, as shown in FIG.
There is also a structure in which a mounting hole 7'is added to the corner 6c of the inner panel 5 to narrow the space (l) between the clips 8.
A punch 9'for punching a press hole for forming a mounting hole 7'obliquely with respect to the bottom surface 6a or the side surface 6b of the inner panel 5 is required, which causes a problem of increase in die cost, man-hours and the like. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to prevent the weather strip from slipping and twisting at the corners of the inner panel, improve the sealing performance, and suppress the increase in die cost and man-hour when molding the inner panel. To provide a door structure.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 provides a weatherstrip for sealing between a door body and a body constituted by an outer panel and an inner panel. Bottom, side
A vehicle door structure for securing a plurality of mounting holes bored on the peripheral surface portion containing a corner and, in the peripheral surface of the corner of the inner panel is provided with a parallel mounting seat surface to the bottom surface or side surface of said inner panel, said It is characterized in that a mounting hole is formed in the mounting seat surface to fix the weather strip.

The invention according to claim 2 is the vehicle according to claim 1.
In a dual-purpose door structure, the mounting seat surface of the corner
It is characterized by being smoothly and continuously provided on a curved surface. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle door structure according to the first or second aspect, the mounting seat surface is provided so as to leave a sealing surface with the inner panel in a width direction of a peripheral surface portion. To do.

[0006]

In the vehicle door structure according to the first aspect of the invention, since the weather strip is fixed by providing the mounting seat surface on the peripheral surface portion at the corner of the inner panel, the interval of the weather strip fixing clip at the corner can be arranged narrowly. . As a result, the weather strip is prevented from being displaced or twisted at the corner, and the sealability is not impaired, so that dust and water are prevented from entering the vehicle interior. Also, when the weather strip is attached to the inner panel, the weather strip does not twist at the corners, so
The time and effort required for mounting work can be reduced. Furthermore, since the mounting seat surface of the peripheral surface portion is provided in parallel to the bottom surface or side surface of the inner panel, without adding a press machine or the like for forming mounting holes obliquely to the bottom surface or side surface, It is possible to reduce mold cost and man-hour increase.

In the vehicle door structure according to the second aspect, since the mounting seat surface is provided in the widthwise direction of the peripheral surface portion while leaving the sealing surface with the inner panel, the bottom surface portion of the weather strip and the inner panel are provided at the sealing surface. The peripheral surface portion is continuously adhered, and the same sealing performance as the conventional one can be obtained.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. In the drawings, 1 indicates a door body composed of an outer panel 4 and an inner panel 5,
A weather strip 3 that seals between the door body 1 and the body 2 is mounted over the entire circumference of the door body 1. A smoothly continuous sealing surface 11 is formed on the peripheral surface portion 6 including the bottom surface 6a, the side surface 6b, and the corner 6c of the inner panel 5, and the step portion 5a is provided on the outer panel 4 side of the peripheral surface portion 6 at a predetermined height. Is formed by. At the corner 6c, a mounting seat surface 10 parallel to the bottom surface 6a is smoothly and continuously provided on a curved surface. The mounting seat surface 10 is slightly narrower than the width of the peripheral surface portion 6 and leaves the sealing surface 11 in the width direction. Is provided. Further, the bottom surface 6 a and the side surface 6 of the peripheral surface portion 6
A plurality of mounting holes 7 are formed at a predetermined interval in the center of the seal surface 11 of b, and the mounting seat surface 10 of the corner 6c is formed.
Also, a mounting hole 7 is provided. When the inner panel 5 is press-molded, the mounting hole 7 is formed by a punch 9 for punching a press hole provided in the press machine so that the bottom surface 6a and the side surface 6 can be formed.
It is drilled from two directions of b.

The weather strip 3 has an elastic portion 3 having a hollow portion and a bottom portion 3a on which the clips 8 are mounted at predetermined intervals.
The bottom surface 3a is formed to have substantially the same width as the sealing surface 11 of the peripheral surface portion 6 of the inner panel 5. The weather strip 3 is fixed by fitting the attached clip 8 into each mounting hole 7 of the inner panel 5. By attaching the weather strip 3 to the inner panel 5, the weather strip 3
The bottom surface portion 3a of the inner surface of the inner panel 5 is in close contact with the sealing surface 11 of the inner panel 5, the lip portion 3c is elastically abutted on the step portion 5a outside the peripheral surface portion 6, and the upper elastic portion 3b is formed when the door is tightened. It is in close contact with the abutting body 2 and seals it. At the position of the mounting seat surface 10 of the corner 3c, the weather strip 3
The bottom surface portion 3a of the above has a sealing property by closely adhering to the mounting seat surface 10, but since a part of the bottom surface portion 3a also adheres to the sealing surface 11 formed on the side of the mounting seat surface 10. , The sealing property is further improved.

In the vehicle door structure of the above embodiment, since the mounting seat surface 10 is provided at the corner 6c of the peripheral surface portion 6,
Set the spacing (L) of the weather strip 3 to the corner 6c.
Since the curvature of the inner panel 5 can be narrowed without reducing it, press molding of the inner panel 5 can be processed without difficulty, and the degree of freedom in design increases. In addition, the weather strip 3 is prevented from being displaced or twisted at the corner 6c, and the sealing property is not impaired, so that dust and water are prevented from entering the vehicle interior, and when the weather strip 3 is attached to the inner panel 5. Moreover, since twisting does not occur at the corner 6c, the labor for mounting work can be reduced. Furthermore, since the mounting seat surface 10 of the peripheral surface portion 6 is provided parallel to the bottom surface 6a of the inner panel 5,
It is not necessary to provide additional equipment such as a press machine required when the mounting hole is formed obliquely with respect to the bottom surface 6a or the side surface 6b, and the die cost and man-hour increase can be reduced. Moreover, since the mounting seat surface 10 is provided in the widthwise direction of the peripheral surface portion 6 leaving the sealing surface 11 for the inner panel 5, the bottom surface portion 3a of the weather strip 3 and the peripheral surface portion 6 of the inner panel 5 are provided on the sealing surface 11.
And will be in close contact with each other, and the same sealing performance as before can be obtained.

Although the illustrated embodiment has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various changes can be made to the shape and the like of each constituent element.

[0012]

As is apparent from the above description, the vehicle door structure of the present invention has the following effects. According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the mounting seat surface is provided on the peripheral surface portion at the corner of the inner panel to fix the weather strip, the interval of the clip for fixing the weather strip at the corner can be arranged narrowly. As a result, the weather strip is prevented from being displaced or twisted at the corner, and the sealability is not impaired, so that dust and water are prevented from entering the vehicle interior. Further, even when the weather strip is mounted on the inner panel, the weather strip is not twisted at the corner position, so that the labor for the mounting work can be reduced. Furthermore, since the mounting seat surface of the peripheral surface portion is provided in parallel to the bottom surface or side surface of the inner panel, without adding a press machine or the like for forming mounting holes obliquely to the bottom surface or side surface, It is possible to reduce mold cost and man-hour increase. In the second aspect, since the mounting seat surface is provided while leaving the sealing surface with the inner panel in the width direction of the peripheral surface portion, the bottom surface portion of the weather strip and the peripheral surface portion of the inner panel are in close contact with each other on the sealing surface. However, the same sealability as before can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective explanatory view of a vehicle provided with a door structure of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the vehicle door of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a corner of the vehicle door of the present invention seen from the back surface of the inner panel.

FIG. 4 is a partially cut front view in which a corner of an inner panel of the vehicle door of the present invention is enlarged.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG.

6 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a conventional vehicle door.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged perspective view of a corner of a conventional vehicle door as viewed from the back surface of the inner panel.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 door body 2 body 3 weather strip 4 outer panel 5 Inner panel 6 peripheral surface 6a Bottom of inner panel 6b Side of inner panel 7 mounting holes 8 clips 10 Mounting surface 11 Sealing surface

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A bottom strip , a side wall and a corner of an inner panel are provided with a weather strip that seals between a door body and a body formed by an outer panel and an inner panel.
A vehicle door structure for securing a plurality of mounting holes bored on the peripheral surface containing the a peripheral surface of the corner of the inner panel is provided with a parallel mounting seat surface to the bottom surface or side surface of said inner panel, seats with said mounting A vehicle door structure characterized in that a mounting hole is formed in a surface thereof and the weather strip is fixed thereto. 2. The mounting seat surface slides on the curved surface of the corner.
2. It is provided continuously in a smooth manner.
Vehicle door structure. 3. The vehicle door structure according to claim 1, wherein the mounting seat surface is provided in the widthwise direction of the peripheral surface portion leaving a sealing surface with the inner panel.