JP6121383B2 - Vehicle door - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle door having a structure in which an outer handle is attached to a rear end portion of a rear door sash.

  Conventionally, as a vehicle door of the type described above, there are those described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, for example. The vehicle door of Patent Document 1 has a structure in which an outer handle (door handle) is attached to the outside of the rear end portion of the rear door sash. Further, a closed section is formed by two panels of an inner panel for the door and an outer panel at a portion where the outer handle is attached, and the strength and rigidity of the door sash are enhanced by the closed section. The outer handle is also simply referred to as a handle.

  In the vehicle door of Patent Document 2, the outer handle is attached not to the rear door sash, but to the vicinity of the vertical center of the side surface of the door. In this case, the handle is attached as follows. Auxiliary brackets (reinforcing members) are attached between the inner panel and the outer panel, and the handlebars are tightened with bolts at the joint part between the inner panel and the auxiliary bracket that extends inward from the rear end joint part of the vehicle. It has a structure to attach.

Japanese Patent No. 5047345 JP 2011-178279 A

By the way, when a handle is attached to the rear door sash, a handle is attached to the rear end portion of the door sash (in other words, the rear end portion of the vehicle body) in order to suppress an increase in the size of the door with a large window opening. Is desirable. In this case, a concave portion for inserting a hand is required to operate the handle.
However, in the vehicle door of Patent Document 1, in order to increase the strength and rigidity of the door sash, a closed section is formed by two panels at the rear end portion of the door sash. For this reason, it is necessary to provide a recessed portion on the front side of the vehicle where the lengths of the closed cross-sections are separated, so that the handle cannot be attached close to the rear end portion of the door sash. It was.

  In the vehicle door of Patent Document 2, the inner panel extends inwardly of the vehicle width from the rear end joint portion with the outer panel, and the handle portion is fastened with bolts to the joint portion with the auxiliary bracket in the middle portion of the inner panel. Is attached. For this reason, the handle attachment portion is located away from the rear end joint portion. Therefore, with this handle mounting structure, there is a problem that even if the handle is mounted on the rear end portion of the door sash, the handle cannot be mounted on the rear end portion.

  This invention is made | formed in view of such a situation, and it aims at providing the vehicle door which can attach a handle apparatus to a vehicle body rear-end part.

As means for solving the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 is directed to an outer flange of a peripheral portion of a door outer panel that forms an outer surface, and an inner portion of a peripheral portion of a door inner panel provided on the vehicle inner side of the door outer panel. includes a door joined by overlapping the flange, a handle device arranged on the outer surface of the door, and an auxiliary bracket which is arranged along the door outer panel and the door inner panel, said door, the door body And a door sash portion that is provided above the door main body portion and forms a window opening, and the door sash portion includes a front sash on the front side of the vehicle body, an upper sash on the upper side of the vehicle body, is composed of a rear sash of the rear side, the rear end of the rear sash, said support brackets, said outer flange and said in Polymerization portion joined are provided three flange superposed with, and said handle device on the polymerization unit is attached.

According to this configuration, the auxiliary brackets are combined with the flanges of the door outer panel and the door inner panel, and the three overlapping portions are joined to form the overlapping portion, thereby increasing the strength and rigidity of the overlapping portion. Since the handle device is attached to the overlapping portion, the handle device can be firmly attached. For this reason, a handle apparatus can be attached to the joint flange part of the vehicle body rear-end part of a door outer panel and a door inner panel. Accordingly, since a maintenance recess for gripping the handle of the handle device can be provided close to the rear end portion of the vehicle body, the handle device can be attached to the rear end portion of the vehicle body. In addition, since the maintenance recess of the handle device can be arranged close to the rear end of the rear sash, the width of the rear sash in the vehicle body front-rear direction can be shortened, and the enlargement of the door can be suppressed while ensuring a large window opening. .

The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that, in claim 1 , an end of the door outer panel on the window opening side is provided in the vicinity of the overlapping portion.

  According to this configuration, since the handle device is attached to the overlapping portion, a portion that is covered with the handle device of the door outer panel and cannot be seen from the outside of the vehicle can be cut in the vicinity of the overlapping portion. That is, the door outer panel can be cut in the vicinity of the outer flange that is a component of the overlapping portion. For this reason, the care recess of the handle device can be arranged close to the cut end of the outer flange. Therefore, the care recess can be disposed close to the rear end of the vehicle body.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect , the door inner panel includes a window opening flange that defines the window opening, and the auxiliary bracket extends to the window opening flange. It is characterized by being joined to a flange.

  According to this structure, since the auxiliary bracket is provided extending from the overlapping portion to the window opening flange, a closed cross section can be formed between the inner panel and the auxiliary bracket. For this reason, the rigidity of the window opening flange can be further increased.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect , a door glass that opens and closes the window opening is provided, a window guide member that guides a rear edge of the door glass is provided, and the window guide member is the window It is attached to the junction part of an opening flange and the said auxiliary bracket, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  According to this configuration, since the window guide member is attached to the joint portion between the window opening flange and the auxiliary bracket, the support rigidity of the window guide member can be further improved.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to fourth aspects, the overlapping portion is welded on both sides sandwiching the mounting portion of the handle device.

  According to this configuration, since the both sides sandwiching the mounting portion of the handle device in the overlapped portion of the three-layer overlap of the auxiliary bracket, the door outer panel and the door inner panel are welded, the rigidity of the overlapped portion can be further increased. Thus, the attachment rigidity of the handle device can be further increased.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the vehicle door which can attach a handle apparatus to a vehicle body rear-end part can be provided.

It is a side view which shows the side part of the vehicle using the vehicle door which concerns on embodiment of this invention. FIG. 2 is a side view around an outer handle of the vehicle door shown in FIG. 1. In FIG. 2, it is a side view which shows the state which removed the garnish. It is AA sectional drawing shown in FIG. It is BB sectional drawing shown in FIG. It is the perspective view of the vehicle body rear part which looked at the window guide member and the door inner panel from the vehicle inside.

<Configuration of Embodiment>
Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. In the description, the same reference numerals are assigned to the same elements, and duplicate descriptions are omitted. Moreover, when explaining a direction, it demonstrates based on the front-back, left-right, up-down seen from the driver of the vehicle.

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a side portion of a vehicle using a vehicle door according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view around an outer handle of the vehicle door shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle 10 includes a front door 11 and a rear door (also referred to as a rear door) 12 at the side of the vehicle body 10A. The rear door 12 is the vehicle door of the present embodiment.

  The rear door 12 is attached to a door opening portion 15 (broken line) at the rear of the vehicle body 10A so as to be freely opened and closed. The rear door 12 is provided behind the door main body 21, a door sash part (door frame) 23 that forms a window opening 29 in which the door glass 22 is incorporated, and a door sash part 23. And an outer handle 25 attached to the end portion via a garnish 26. The garnish 26 and the outer handle 25 constitute the handle device described in the claims.

  The door sash portion 23 is joined between an upper sash 23 a extending along the upper side of the door opening portion 15, a vehicle body front portion of the upper sash 23 a and the upper and lower sides of the door main body portion 21, and a front portion of the door sash portion 23 is configured. The front sash 23b and the rear sash 23c, which is joined between the vehicle body rear portion of the upper sash 23a and the upper and lower sides of the door main body portion 21 and constitutes the rear portion of the door sash portion 23, are configured.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the rear sash 23c is provided with a panel-like garnish 26 (see FIG. 5) that supports the outer handle 25 in a swingable manner. On the rear side of the outer handle 25 in the garnish 26, a maintenance recess 26p that is recessed for operating the outer handle 25 is formed.

A state where the garnish 26 is removed is shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, a door outer panel 31 that forms the outer surface of the rear door 12 is provided outside the vehicle. As shown in FIG. 4, a door inner panel 32 is provided inside the door outer panel 31. The door outer panel 31 and the door inner panel 32 are formed by, for example, pressing a plate member made of a metal material.

  In general, the rear door 12 is configured by overlapping and joining an outer flange 31 a at the peripheral edge of the door outer panel 31 and an inner flange 32 a at the peripheral edge of the door inner panel 32.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, a plate-shaped auxiliary bracket 33 is interposed between the door outer panel 31 and the door inner panel 32, and the outer flange 31a and the inner flange 32a Three pieces are overlapped and joined with the rear end portion 33a interposed therebetween. The auxiliary bracket 33 is a plate-like reinforcing member made of a metal material.

  When the three sheets are overlapped and joined, the rear end portion of the outer flange 31a is bent in a U shape, and the rear end portion of the inner flange 32a is wrapped around the rear end portion of the inner flange 32a via the auxiliary bracket 33. It is joined. Note that the joining of the three sheets is not limited to hemming, but may be spot welding, seam welding, laser welding, or an adhesive structure.

  A portion where the three pieces of the outer flange 31a, the inner flange 32a, and the rear end portion 33a of the auxiliary bracket 33 are overlapped and joined is referred to as an overlap portion 34. In addition, a door seal 36 having a substantially annular cross section attached along the door opening 15 is disposed on the vehicle inner side near the rear portion of the door inner panel 32.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a columnar window guide member 28 is fixed between a boundary portion between the rear sash 23 c and the upper sash 23 a and the upper and lower portions of the door main body 21. The window guide member 28 has a window opening 29 on the front side of the vehicle body, and a door glass 22 (see FIG. 1) is disposed in the window opening 29.

  The door outer panel 31 of the rear sash 23c includes an opening 31b that is surrounded and opened by the rear sash 23c, the window guide member 28, and the door body 21, and the auxiliary bracket 33 is exposed to the outside of the vehicle from the opening 31b. . Further, the door inner panel 32 is exposed to the outside of the vehicle from the plurality of openings 33b and 33c of the auxiliary bracket 33. A mounting hole 34a for the garnish 26 is formed in the overlapping portion 34 where the door outer panel 31 on the rear end side of the opening 31b is exposed.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the attachment hole 34 a is a hole that penetrates the overlapping portion 34, and the attachment bolt 37 of the garnish 26 is inserted from the vehicle inner side toward the vehicle outer side. The rear end portion of the garnish 26 protrudes thick in the vehicle width inside direction, and a hole 26a having a hat-shaped cross section is provided in the thick portion. The hole 26a has a concave portion 26b that is recessed in a bowl shape in its cross-sectional hat shape. The bottom surface of the hole 26a faces toward the vehicle width inside when the garnish 26 is attached, and a projecting portion 26c projecting in an annular shape is provided on the bottom surface.

  A nut member 27 that is screwed into the mounting bolt 37 is combined with the hole 26a. The nut member 27 has a cross-sectional hat shape having a flange portion 27a projecting from the outer periphery of one end portion, and the end surface of the flange portion 27a is in contact with the protruding portion 26c. Thus, the collar part 27a fits into the recess 26b of the hole 26c, and the nut member 27 is assembled to the garnish 26 so as not to rotate.

  With such a configuration, the screw hole of the nut member 27 is aligned with the mounting hole 34 a of the overlapping portion 34, and the mounting bolt 37 is inserted into the mounting hole 34 a from the opposite surface of the overlapping portion 34. By screwing the inserted mounting bolt 37 into the nut member 27, the rear end side of the garnish 26 can be fixed to the door outer panel 31.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, the overlapping portion 34 is welded by spot welding or the like on the upper and lower sides (both sides) indicated by the X marks P <b> 1 and P <b> 2 sandwiching the mounting hole 34 a of the door outer panel 31. Therefore, the overlapping portion 34 in which the three sheets are overlapped has a more durable structure. Also, as shown in FIG. 4, by arranging the end of the door outer panel 31 on the window opening 29 (see FIG. 3) side in the vicinity of the overlapping portion 34, the care recess 26p is arranged close to the rear end of the vehicle body. doing. More specifically, the door inner panel 32 and the auxiliary bracket 33 extend from the overlapping portion 34 while bulging in a concave shape and a convex shape toward the inner side of the vehicle width, and the door seal 36 is disposed on the inner side of the concave portion near the overlapping portion 34. Has been. An end portion of the door outer panel 31 is disposed at a position of the door seal 36 in the vehicle width direction.

  Next, FIG. 5 shows a BB cross-sectional view shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the auxiliary bracket 33 and the door inner panel 32 are engaged with a panel mounting portion 38 whose front portion extending from the overlapping portion 34 at the rear of the vehicle body to the vehicle body front side is fixed to the window guide member 28 and protrudes. ing. The state of this engagement is shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the rear portion of the vehicle body when the window guide member 28 and the door inner panel 32 are viewed from the inside of the vehicle. The door inner panel 32 includes a window opening flange 32 b that extends to the window guide member 28 and that defines a window opening 29. As shown in FIG. 5, the auxiliary bracket 33 on the vehicle inner side of the door inner panel 32 also has an end 33e extending to the position of the window opening flange 32b and joined to the window opening flange 32b.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the door inner panel 32 is formed with a notch 32 c that is notched obliquely downward from the middle part of the window opening flange 32 b. Similarly, the auxiliary bracket 33 has a notch 33f as shown in FIG. The panel attaching part 38 is engaged with each notch part 32c, 33f.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the window guide member 28 to which the panel mounting portion 38 is fixed has a U-shaped cross section, and a run channel 37 is incorporated inside the window guide member 28. The run channel 37 is provided along the top and bottom of the window guide member 28 and supports the door glass 22 so as to be slidable. Further, the engagement portions of the door inner panel 32 and the auxiliary bracket 33 to the panel mounting portion 38 are sealed by a seal member 39 so that water, dust, and the like do not enter. For the seal member 39, an ept seal, a sponge seal or the like is used.

  The seal member 39 is provided on the window guide member 28 along the vertical direction. A seal member 41 is also fixed to the vehicle outer side of the window guide member 28 opposite to the seal member 39 mounting side. The seal member 41 is provided on the window guide member 28 along the vertical direction. A protruding portion 26 e protrudes in the vehicle width inner side direction of the front end portion of the garnish 26, and the protruding portion 26 e is fixed to the seal member 41. The seal member 41 is combined with the projecting portion 26e to seal water, dust and the like from entering between the front end portion of the garnish 26 on the vehicle body front side and the window guide member 28. The tip of the garnish 26 is attached to the mounting hole 32h of the door inner panel 32 exposed on the outer surface of the rear sash 23c shown in FIG. 3 and the mounting hole 33h of the auxiliary bracket 33 using bolts (not shown). Yes.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a protruding portion 26 f protrudes also in the vehicle width inner side direction of the rear end portion of the garnish 26, and the protruding portion 26 f is fixed to the seal member 42. The seal member 42 is assembled to the front side of the overlapping portion 34 so that water, dust or the like does not enter the space between the rear end portion of the garnish 26 and the overlapping portion 34 by combination with the protruding portion 26f. Seal.

<Effect of embodiment>
As described above, the vehicle door of the present embodiment includes the outer flange 31a at the peripheral edge of the door outer panel 31 that forms the outer surface, and the inner peripheral edge of the door inner panel 32 provided on the vehicle inner side of the door outer panel 31. Arranged along the door (rear door) 12 joined by overlapping the flange 32a, the garnish 26 and the outer handle 25 as handle devices provided on the outer surface of the door 12, the door outer panel 31 and the door inner panel 32. And an auxiliary bracket 33. And the superposition part 34 with which 3 sheets, the auxiliary | assistant bracket 33, the outer flange 31a, and the inner flange 32a were piled up and joined, was equipped, and the garnish 26 was attached to the superposition part 34, and was comprised.

  According to this structure, the auxiliary bracket 33 is combined with the flanges 31a and 32a of the door outer panel 31 and the door inner panel 32, and the three overlapping portions are joined to form the overlapping portion 34, whereby the strength and rigidity of the overlapping portion 34 are increased. Increased. Since the garnish 26 is attached to the overlapping portion 34, the outer handle 25 can be firmly attached. For this reason, the outer handle 25 can be attached to the joint flanges 31 a and 32 a at the rear end portions of the door outer panel 31 and the door inner panel 32 via the garnish 26. Accordingly, since the maintenance recess 26p for grasping the outer handle 25 of the garnish 26 can be provided close to the rear end portion of the vehicle body, the outer handle 25 can be attached to the rear end portion of the vehicle body via the garnish 26.

  The door 12 described above includes a door body portion 21 and a door sash portion 23 that is provided above the door body portion 21 and forms a window opening 29. The door sash portion 23 is a front portion on the front side of the vehicle body. The sash 23b is composed of an upper sash 23a on the upper side of the vehicle body and a rear sash 23c on the rear side of the vehicle body. An overlapping portion 34 is provided at the rear end of the rear sash 23c, and an outer handle 25 is attached to the overlapping portion 34 via a garnish 26.

  According to this configuration, since the care recess 26p of the garnish 26 can be disposed close to the rear end of the rear sash 23c, the width of the rear sash 23c in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body can be shortened, and the door 12 can be secured while the window opening 29 is kept large. Increase in size can be suppressed.

  The end portion on the window opening side of the door outer panel 31 described above is provided in the vicinity of the overlapping portion 34.

  According to this configuration, since the handle device is attached to the overlapping portion 34, a portion that is covered with the handle device of the door outer panel 31 and cannot be seen from the outside of the vehicle can be cut in the vicinity of the overlapping portion 34. That is, the door outer panel 31 can be cut in the vicinity of the outer flange 31a that is a component of the overlapping portion 34. For this reason, the care recess of the handle device can be arranged close to the cut end of the outer flange 31a. Therefore, the care recess can be disposed close to the rear end of the vehicle body.

  The door inner panel 32 includes the window opening flange 32b that defines the window opening 29, and the auxiliary bracket 33 extends to the window opening flange 32b and is joined to the window opening flange 32b.

  According to this configuration, since the auxiliary bracket 33 is provided so as to extend from the overlapping portion 34 to the window opening flange 32 b, a closed cross section can be formed between the inner panel and the auxiliary bracket 33. For this reason, the rigidity of the window opening flange 32b can be further increased.

  The door glass 22 that opens and closes the window opening 29 described above is provided, and the window guide member 28 that guides the rear edge of the door glass 22 is provided. The window guide member 28 is joined to the window opening flange 32 b and the auxiliary bracket 33. Attached to the part.

  According to this configuration, since the window guide member 28 is attached to the joint portion between the window opening flange 32b and the auxiliary bracket 33, the support rigidity of the window guide member 28 can be further improved.

The overlapping portion 34 described above is welded on both sides sandwiching the attachment portion of the garnish 26 that supports the outer handle 25.
According to this configuration, the overlapping portions 34 of the auxiliary bracket 33, the door outer panel 31 and the door inner panel 32 are welded on both sides sandwiching the attachment portion of the garnish 26, thereby further increasing the rigidity of the overlapping portion 34. be able to. Thereby, the attachment rigidity of the garnish 26 that supports the outer handle 25 can be further increased.

<Modification>
In the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the auxiliary bracket 33 is interposed between the door outer panel 31 and the door inner panel 32, and the rear end portions of the three sheets are overlapped and joined to form the overlapping portion 34. In addition, the auxiliary bracket 33 may be disposed along the vehicle inner side of the door inner panel 32, and the overlap bracket 33, the door inner panel 32, and the door outer panel 31 may be overlapped and joined to form a superposed portion. . Further, the auxiliary bracket 33 may be arranged on the vehicle outer side of the door outer panel 31 and joined. In this case, since the auxiliary bracket 33 is covered with the garnish 26, it cannot be seen from the outside of the vehicle.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Vehicle 10A Car body 11 Front door 12 Rear door (vehicle door)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 15 Door opening part 21 Door main-body part 22 Door glass 29 Window opening part 26 Garnish 25 Outer handle 23 Door sash part 23a Upper sash 23b Front sash 23c Rear part sash 25 Outer handle 26 Garnish 26a Hole 26b Recessed part 26p Recessed part 26p 27 nut member 27a collar 28 window guide member 29 window opening 31 door outer panel 32 door inner panel 31a outer flange 31b opening 32 door inner panel 32a inner flange 32b window opening flange 33 auxiliary bracket 33a rear end 33b of auxiliary bracket, 33c Opening 34a Garnish mounting hole 36 Door seal 37 Mounting bolt 38 Panel mounting part 39, 41, 42 Seal member

Claims (5)

A door formed by overlapping and joining an outer flange of a peripheral portion of a door outer panel forming an outer surface and an inner flange of a peripheral portion of a door inner panel provided on the vehicle inner side of the door outer panel;
A handle device provided on an outer surface of the door;
An auxiliary bracket disposed along the door outer panel and the door inner panel;
With
The door includes a door main body, and a door sash that is provided above the door main body and forms a window opening,
The door sash portion includes a front sash on the vehicle body front side, an upper sash on the vehicle body upper side, and a rear sash on the vehicle body rear side,
The rear end portion of the rear sash is provided with an overlapping portion where the auxiliary bracket, the outer flange, and the inner flange are overlapped and joined, and the handle device is attached to the overlapping portion. A vehicle door characterized by the following. The end of the window opening side vehicle door according to claim 1, characterized in that it is provided in the vicinity of the overlapping portion of the door outer panel. The door inner panel includes a window opening flange that defines the window opening,
The support brackets for a vehicle door according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that extending to the window opening flange is joined to the window opening flange. A door glass for opening and closing the window opening is provided;
A window guide member for guiding a rear edge of the door glass is provided;
The vehicle door according to claim 3 , wherein the window guide member is attached to a joint portion between the window opening flange and the auxiliary bracket. The vehicle door according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein the overlapping portion is welded on both sides sandwiching an attachment portion of the handle device.

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