JP6453000B2 - Vehicle door frame - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle door frame, and more particularly to a joint structure between a door sash forming a window frame and a bracket fixed to the door panel.

  2. Description of the Related Art A vehicle door of a type configured by combining a door sash that forms a window frame and a door panel, which joins the door sash and the door panel via a bracket is known. In many cases, the joining bracket also serves as a door lock mechanism or a support member for the door mirror. Since the joint between the door frame and the door panel is easily loaded, high strength is required for the joint structure via the bracket. As a countermeasure, in Patent Document 1, a first reinforcing member having a U-shaped cross-section that holds the periphery of the door glass, and a protruding portion that protrudes toward the vehicle interior with respect to the U-shaped cross-section of the first reinforcing member. A window frame is configured by combining an inner panel (a member different from a panel member constituting the door panel) having a second reinforcement at a lower end portion of the window frame in a space between the first reinforcement member and the inner panel. A window frame structure in which a member (a member corresponding to the bracket described above) is inserted and fixed has been proposed.

JP 2002-321530 A

  In Patent Document 1, the second reinforcing member is fixed to the U-shaped cross-section of the first reinforcing member in the frame internal space of the window frame formed between the first reinforcing member and the inner panel. ing. The second reinforcing member is a member that contributes to improving the cross-sectional strength of the window frame, but there is a problem that the effect of increasing the strength is weak at the position where the second reinforcing member is fixed to the U-shaped cross-sectional portion of the first reinforcing member. That is, in the window frame, the holding portion of the door glass is set as a reference for accuracy, and when a load from the door glass is applied, the position is far from the holding portion of the door glass in the cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the window frame. A large bending load is likely to act on. Here, if the second reinforcing member is fixed to the U-shaped cross-section (the holding portion of the door glass) of the first reinforcing member, the reinforcing effect at a portion where the bending load becomes large is weakened. In addition, when the second reinforcing member is fixed to the U-shaped cross-section of the first reinforcing member, the accuracy of the first reinforcing member and the inner panel constituting the window frame is determined by the second reinforcing member. There is a problem that the accuracy management becomes complicated due to the influence of the component accuracy and assembly accuracy.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and in a vehicle door frame in which a door sash and a door panel are joined via a bracket, it is possible to improve the strength and ensure the accuracy of the joined portion with a simple configuration. Objective.

The present invention provides a first frame member having a channel portion that holds the edge of the door glass so as to be movable up and down on the inner peripheral side facing the window opening, and a second frame that covers the outer peripheral side and the vehicle interior side of the first frame member . In the vehicle door frame, which is constructed by combining the frame member with the vertical pillar sash extending in the vertical direction and joining the vertical pillar sash to the door panel via the bracket, the second frame member is located on the vehicle interior side with respect to the channel portion. A protrusion that protrudes to form a hollow portion with the channel portion; and an extension that extends outward from the outer peripheral side portion of the protrusion. The bracket protrudes upward from the fixing portion to the door panel and protrudes first. frame members and has a frame joint portion to be inserted between the second frame member, the contact auxiliary frame joint, in close contact with the outer peripheral portion and the extension of the projecting portion And parts, provided at the end of the frame joint, a non-contact reinforcement section located within the hollow portion without contacting either of the first frame member and second frame members are bent from the contact reinforcement section It is characterized by having.

The protruding portion of the second frame member has a first vehicle inner side portion located on the vehicle inner side, and the channel portion of the first frame member is separated from the vehicle inner side portion toward the vehicle outer side. It is preferable that the second vehicle inner portion is opposed and the non-contact reinforcing portion of the bracket is located closer to the first vehicle inner portion than the second vehicle inner portion.
The channel portion of the first frame member includes a bottom portion connecting the pair of opposing sides in spaced interior side and exterior side, contact the reinforcing portion of the bracket comprises a bottom portion of the first frame member located between the extension of the second frame member is formed with a through hole in the contact reinforcement section, the seat surface portion projecting from either one of the extension bottom, those on the other of the extensions and the bottom through the through hole It is good to comprise so that it may contact and be fixed.

The projecting portion of the second frame member is folded back toward the inner circumferential side facing the window opening into the space between the projecting portion and the channel portion, and sandwiches the edge of the channel portion of the first frame member It is preferable to have a hemming portion that is to be bent and a door panel fixing portion that is bent toward the inner peripheral side and is overlapped and fixed to the door panel.

  According to the present invention described above, in the vehicle door frame in which the door sash and the door panel are joined via the bracket, it is possible to realize improvement in strength and ensuring accuracy of the joined portion with a simple configuration.

It is a perspective view which shows the front side door of a vehicle. It is a perspective view of the door frame which removed the door panel from FIG. It is the perspective view which looked at the combined body of the rear side sash and lock reinforcement which constitutes a door frame from the vehicle outside. It is a perspective view of the disassembled state of a rear side sash and a rock reinforcement. FIG. 5 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view illustrating a connection portion between a rear side sash and a lock reinforcement in a range along an arrow V in FIG. 3. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the rear side sash at a position along line VI-VI in FIG. 5. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a rear side sash and a lock reinforcement at a position along the line VII-VII in FIG. 5. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a rear side sash and a lock reinforcement at a position along the line VIII-VIII in FIG. 5. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the rear side sash, the lock reinforcement, and the inner panel at a position along the line IX-IX in FIG. 5. It is the figure which showed the junction structure which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of a rear side sash and a rock reinforcement in the longitudinal cross-section corresponding to FIG. It is a cross-sectional view of the rear side sash and the lock reinforcement at a position along the line XI-XI in FIG.

  FIG. 1 shows a schematic structure of a side door (hereinafter referred to as a door) 10 for a front seat of a passenger car to which the present invention is applied as viewed from the outside of the vehicle. The door 10 includes a door panel 11 and a door frame 12, and a region surrounded by an upper edge portion of the door panel 11 and an inner peripheral portion of the door frame 12 is a window opening 13. The door 10 holds a door glass (not shown) that can be raised and lowered into the window opening 13. The door panel 11 includes an outer panel positioned on the vehicle outer side and an inner panel 14 positioned on the vehicle inner side. The door panel 11 in FIG. 1 shows a state of the inner panel 14 alone with the outer panel removed, and FIG. A part of the panel 14 is shown. In the following description, the side facing the window opening 13 in the door frame 12 is referred to as an inner peripheral side, and the opposite side is referred to as an outer peripheral side. Moreover, the front-rear direction and the up-down direction in the following description correspond to the front-rear direction and the up-down direction of the vehicle to which the door 10 is attached.

  FIG. 2 shows the components of the door frame 12 with the door panel 11 (inner panel 14) removed from FIG. The door frame 12 includes an upper sash 15 that forms an upper edge portion of the door 10, and a rear side sash 16 that extends downward from the rear end portion of the upper sash 15. The upper sash 15 has an inclined shape that approaches the door panel 11 as it moves forward away from the door corner connected to the rear side sash 16, and a lower sash 17 is provided at a position following the lower end of the upper sash 15. . The rear side sash 16 extends in the vertical direction. A front bracket 19 is fixed to the lower end portion of the upper sash 15, and a lock reinforcement (bracket) 20 is fixed to the lower end portion of the rear side sash 16. The front bracket 19 supports a door mirror (not shown), and the lock reinforcement 20 supports a door lock mechanism (not shown). The lower sash 17, the front bracket 19, and the lock reinforcement 20 are inserted into a space between the outer panel and the inner panel 14 in the door panel 11 and fixed to the inner panel 14. The door 10 further has a beltline reinforcement for connecting the front bracket 19 and the lock reinforcement 20, but the beltline reinforcement is omitted in the drawing.

  3 shows a combination of the rear side sash 16 and the lock reinforcement 20, and FIG. 4 shows a state where the components of the rear side sash 16 and the lock reinforcement 20 are disassembled. As shown in FIGS. 4 to 9, the rear side sash 16 is configured by combining a door frame inner (second frame member) 30 and a glass guide (first frame member, channel portion) 40 which are long members. ing. The door frame inner 30 and the glass guide 40 are each formed by molding a plate-shaped metal material.

As shown in FIGS. 6 to 9, the door frame inner 30 has a bag-shaped cross-section protruding portion 31 protruding toward the vehicle inner side, an outer flange 32 positioned on the vehicle outer side than the protruding portion 31, and a protruding portion. 31 and a connection part ( extension part ) 33 for connecting the vehicle outer flange 32. The protruding portion 31 includes an inner peripheral portion 34 and an outer peripheral portion (outer peripheral side portion of the protruding portion) 35 that are opposed to each other on the inner peripheral side and the outer peripheral side (front-rear direction) of the door frame 12, and the inner periphery at a position inside the vehicle A vehicle interior portion (first vehicle interior portion) 36 that connects the portion 34 and the outer peripheral portion 35 is provided, and the connection portion 33 is formed continuously to the outer peripheral portion 35. The inner peripheral portion 34 and the outer peripheral portion 35 of the protruding portion 31 are formed as inclined portions that increase the distance from each other toward the vehicle outer side from the vehicle inner side.

As shown in FIGS. 6 to 9, the glass guide 40 is a channel member having a U-shaped cross section opened toward the inner peripheral side of the door frame 12, and is an outer side portion (side portion) located on the outer side of the vehicle. configuration and 41, interior side (second vehicle side, side) located on the interior side 42, the bottom of the glass guide 40 to connect the outer periphery of the exterior portion 4 1 and the interior-side portion 4 2 A connecting portion ( bottom portion ) 43 and a projecting portion 44 that is formed following the inner peripheral side end portion of the vehicle inner side portion 42 and protrudes toward the vehicle inner side. A bent portion 45 bent toward the vehicle outer side is formed at the edge of the protruding portion 44.

  The glass guide 40 is assembled so as to close the outside of the protrusion 31 of the door frame inner 30. The vehicle interior portion 42 and the projection portion 44 of the glass guide 40 are spaced apart from the vehicle interior portion 36 of the door frame inner 30, and the projection portion 31, the vehicle interior portion 42, and the projection portion 44 have a hollow portion S inside. A cylindrical portion having a closed cross-sectional shape is formed. Further, the connecting portion 43 of the glass guide 40 faces the connecting portion 33 of the door frame inner 30, and the bent portion 45 of the glass guide 40 is positioned along the inner peripheral portion 34 of the door frame inner 30. As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the door frame inner 30 is formed with a hemming portion 37 in which an edge of the inner peripheral portion 34 constituting the protruding portion 31 is folded back to the outer peripheral side (the hollow portion S side). The hemming portion 37 is coupled to the glass guide 40 by sandwiching the bent portion 45. Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 and 8, the connecting portion 33 of the door frame inner 30 is formed with a seat surface portion 38 that protrudes toward the inner peripheral side. The seat surface portions 38 are formed at a plurality of positions with different positions in the longitudinal direction (vertical direction) of the rear side sash 16, and each seat surface portion 38 abuts on the connection portion 43 of the glass guide 40 and is fixed by welding. This welded portion is illustrated as a welded portion W1. Spot welding is performed at the weld W1. In this state where the door frame inner 30 and the glass guide 40 are coupled, the vehicle outer flange 32 and the vehicle outer side portion 41 constitute a design portion facing the vehicle outer side of the rear side sash 16. The cylindrical portion formed by the protruding portion 31, the vehicle interior portion 42, and the protruding portion 44 enhances the rigidity of the rear side sash 16. In the region where the seat surface portion 38 is not formed, the connecting portion 33 of the door frame inner 30 and the connecting portion 43 of the glass guide 40 are separated from each other, and the hollow portion S is partially formed by the gap between the connecting portion 33 and the connecting portion 43. It communicates with the outside of the car.

  A glass run (not shown) is attached in the glass guide 40 opened toward the inner peripheral side. The glass run has a lip that elastically holds the side surface of the edge of the door glass (not shown) from the inside and outside of the vehicle, and the door glass is vertically held along the glass guide 40 while being held by the glass run. It is supported movably. Since the hemming portion 37 of the door frame inner 30 and the bent portion 45 of the glass guide 40 are joined in the protruding portion 44, there is no possibility that the hemming joined portion interferes with the glass run or the door glass. Although details are omitted, the upper sash 15 is also formed with a glass guide that is continuous with the glass guide 40 of the rear side sash 16, and guides the raising and lowering operation of the door glass together with the glass guide 40.

  A weather strip (not shown) is supported on the outer peripheral side of the door frame inner 30. The weather strip is made of an elastic material, and has a leg portion supported by using the connecting portion 33 and the outer peripheral portion 35 of the door frame inner 30 as a base surface, and a lip portion protruding from the leg portion toward the outer peripheral side. When the door 10 is closed, the lip portion of the weatherstrip abuts against the body side of the automobile while being elastically deformed, and liquid-tightly seals between the door and the body. Although illustration is omitted, the door frame inner 30 is provided with a retaining portion for preventing the weather strip from falling off.

  The lock reinforcement 20 is formed by pressing a plate-shaped metal material, and as shown in FIG. 4, a door lock assembly portion (fixed portion to the door panel) 21 to which a door lock mechanism (not shown) is assembled, It has a frame joint portion 22 projecting from the upper portion of the door lock assembly portion 21. The door lock assembling portion 21 is located in the door panel 11 (between the outer panel and the inner panel 14) and is fixed to the inner panel 14. A fastening portion of the door lock assembly portion 21 with respect to the inner panel 14 is denoted by reference numeral 27 in FIG.

The frame joint portion 22 of the lock reinforcement 20 is formed so as to protrude upward from the door panel 11 with the door lock assembly portion 21 fixed to the inner panel 14, and the frame joint portion 22 is connected to the door frame inner 30. The lock reinforcement 20 is joined to the rear side sash 16 by being inserted between the rear side sash 16 and the glass guide 40. More specifically, as shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, the frame joint 22, the connecting portion (contact vehicle interior side flange (contactless reinforcing portion) 24 located exterior side flange 23 and the interior side located exterior side (Reinforcing part ) 25 and connected. As can be seen from a comparison between FIG. 6 that shows the upper region of the rear side sash 16 that does not overlap with the lock reinforcement 20 and FIGS. 7 to 9 that show the lower region that overlaps with the lock reinforcement 20, the rear side sash 16 In the lower region, the vehicle outer flange 32 is offset to the vehicle inner side as compared to the upper region. As shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, the frame joint portion 22 of the lock reinforcement 20 has the vehicle outer flange 23 positioned on the vehicle outer side of the vehicle outer flange 32, and the connection portion between the connection portion 33 and the connection portion 43. 25 and the inside flange 24 is positioned in the hollow portion S, and is inserted between the door frame inner 30 and the glass guide 40.

The frame joint portion 22 of the lock reinforcement 20 is coupled to the door frame inner 30 by a welded portion W2 (FIGS. 5 and 7) and a welded portion W3 (FIG. 7). The connecting portion 25 of the frame joint portion 22 is sandwiched between both the connecting portion 33 of the door frame inner 30 and the connecting portion 43 of the glass guide 40, and the connecting portion 33 and the connecting portion 25 are welded at the welded portion W2. Is done. As shown in FIG. 7, the connecting portion 25 further extends into the hollow portion S in close contact with the outer peripheral portion 35. The welded portion W3 is welded with the vehicle outer flange 23 and the vehicle outer flange 32 of the door frame inner 30 in the frame joint portion 22 in close contact with each other. Spot welding is performed at these welds W2 and W3.

Interior side flange of the frame joint portion 22 of the Lock Clean Force 20 24 is bent to the inner circumferential side from the connecting portion 25 which extends into the hollow portion S is provided at an end portion of the frame joint 22. In the hollow portion S, the vehicle inner flange 24 is different from the joining portion at the welded portion W2 or the welded portion W3, the vehicle inner portion 36 on the door frame inner 30 side, the vehicle inner portion 42 and the protruding portion 44 on the glass guide 40 side. Between the door frame inner 30 and the glass guide 40 (see FIGS. 7 to 9). The vehicle interior flange 24 extends substantially parallel to the vehicle interior portion 36 and the vehicle interior portion 42 and is located closer to the vehicle interior portion 36 than the vehicle interior portion 42.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 8, the frame joint portion 22 of the lock reinforcement 20 is formed with a through hole 26 penetrating the connection portion 25 in the plate thickness direction, and the seat surface portion 38 of the door frame inner 30 is formed. One is inserted into the through hole 26 and is in contact with the connecting portion 43 of the glass guide 40. Thus, the door frame inner 30 and the glass guide 40 are joined by the welded portion W1 even at a position where the frame joint portion 22 of the lock reinforcement 20 is inserted between the door frame inner 30 and the glass guide 40. Can do. In addition, when three metal plates are overlapped and fixed like the connection portion 33, the connection portion 43, and the connection portion 25, the connection is sandwiched between the three metal plates (positioned in the middle in the stacking direction). By forming a through hole 26 in the portion 25 and projecting the seating surface portion 38 from one connection portion 33 of the metal plates on both sides sandwiching the connection portion 25 and joining it to the other connection portion 43 through the through hole 26, Bonding can be performed without forming a hole in the metal plate (connection portion 33 and connection portion 43). The connection portion 33 and the connection portion 43 are portions that function as base surfaces for supporting the weather strip and the glass run, respectively. Therefore, when a hole is formed in the connection part 33 or the connection part 43, there is a risk that water droplets such as rainwater may enter the rear side sash 16 or the door panel 11 through the hole. However, the hole penetrates the connection part 25, which is an intermediate metal plate. According to the configuration in which the hole 26 is formed, such a problem can be prevented.

  As a manufacturing procedure, when the door frame inner 30 and the glass guide 40 are combined in advance, it becomes difficult to insert the seat surface portion 38 into the through hole 26 of the lock reinforcement 20. The frame joint portion 22 is assembled first (welding at the welded portions W2 and W3), and then the door frame inner 30 and the glass guide 40 are joined (welding at the welded portion W1 and formation of the hemming portion 37). To do).

Although the rear side sash 16 is fixed to the inner panel 14 via the lock reinforcement 20, there is a place where the rear side sash 16 is directly fixed to the inner panel 14. This part is shown in FIG. As described above, the door frame inner 30 has the hemming portion 37 in which the edge portion of the inner peripheral portion 34 is folded back to the outer peripheral side (the hollow portion S side), but the lower portion overlaps with the frame joint portion 22 of the lock reinforcement 20. In the partial region, an inner peripheral flange (door panel fixing portion) 39 is formed by bending the edge of the inner peripheral portion 34 to the inner peripheral side (the opposite side to the hollow portion S), contrary to the hemming portion 37. . As shown in FIG. 9, the inner panel 14 has a bag-like cross-sectional protrusion 50 that covers the protrusion 31 of the door frame inner 30 from the inside of the vehicle, and is extended to the inner peripheral side of the protrusion 50. An inner peripheral flange 51 that overlaps with the inner peripheral flange 39 of the door frame inner 30 is formed. The inner peripheral flange 39 and the inner peripheral flange 51 are overlapped and welded at the weld W4. Spot welding is performed at the weld W4. In this way, by fixing the inner peripheral flange 39 which is a part of the rear side sash 16 in addition to the lock reinforcement 20, high fixing strength can be obtained.

  According to the door frame 12 described above, by inserting and fixing the frame joint portion 22 of the lock reinforcement 20 between the door frame inner 30 constituting the rear side sash 16 and the glass guide 40, the rear side that requires high strength is required. While increasing the strength of the connection portion between the sash 16 and the door panel 11, the exposure to the exterior of the lock reinforcement 20 is suppressed, and the design is excellent. For example, unlike the lock reinforcement 20 of the illustrated embodiment, a lock reinforcement having a shape that covers the protrusion 31 of the door frame inner 30 from the vehicle interior is known. In such a shape, the protrusion 31 and the lock link Since a difference in level is generated between the force and the appearance, it is difficult to apply as a joining structure in a region protruding upward from the door panel 11.

  Of the frame joint portion 22 of the lock reinforcement 20, the vehicle inner flange 24 is located in the hollow portion S and reinforces the rear side sash 16 (particularly, the cylindrical portion surrounded by the protruding portion 31 and the glass guide 40). . Since the rear side sash 16 holds the door glass by the glass guide 40, in order to increase the bending rigidity against the load applied through the door glass, the cross section in the straight direction shown in FIGS. 6 to 9 (the longitudinal direction of the rear side sash 16). It is effective to dispose a reinforcing structure at a position away from the glass guide 40 in a cross section substantially orthogonal to the glass guide 40. From such a viewpoint, the protruding portion 31 of the door frame inner 30 has a shape that largely protrudes toward the vehicle interior side. Further, the vehicle inner flange 24 of the lock reinforcement 20 is not positioned so as to overlap the vehicle inner portion 42 of the glass guide 40, but is brought closer to the vehicle outer portion to the vicinity of the vehicle inner portion 36 that is located on the innermost side of the door frame inner 30. In other words, it is disposed (separated from the vehicle interior side 42 of the glass guide 40). As a result, the vehicle inner flange 24 has a high effect of improving the cross-sectional strength, and contributes to an increase in rigidity of the joint portion between the rear side sash 16 and the lock reinforcement 20.

  Further, since the vehicle interior flange 24 of the lock reinforcement 20 is positioned in the hollow portion S between the door frame inner 30 and the glass guide 40, welding or the like is performed on the vehicle interior portion 42 or the protruding portion 44 of the glass guide 40. It is more advantageous in terms of productivity because it is less time-consuming to manufacture and is in a non-fixed state separated from the glass guide 40 than fixed by the above. Since it is not necessary to consider fixing the door frame inner 30 to the vehicle interior portion 36 as well as the vehicle interior portion 42 and the protruding portion 44 of the glass guide 40, the vehicle interior flange 24 is easy to manage the accuracy.

FIGS. 10 and 11 show different embodiments (second embodiment) of the joining structure of the rear side sash 16 and the lock reinforcement 20. In FIG. 10 and FIG. 11, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected about the part which is common in embodiment (it is set as 1st Embodiment) demonstrated previously. In the first embodiment, the connecting portion 25 of the lock reinforcement 20 is in close contact with both the connecting portion 33 of the door frame inner 30 and the connecting portion 43 of the glass guide 40 (the connecting portion 33 and the connecting portion 43. Between). On the other hand, in the second embodiment, the connecting portion ( contact reinforcing portion ) 125 of the lock reinforcement 20 is connected to the outer peripheral portion of the connecting portion ( extension portion ) 133 of the door frame inner 30 and the protruding portion 31 (the outer periphery of the protruding portion). (Side portion) 135 is in close contact with the connection portion ( bottom portion ) 143 of the glass guide 40 but is not in close contact with the connection portion ( bottom portion ) 143. That is, when it is assumed that the conditions such as the plate thickness of each member constituting the rear side sash 16 and the lock reinforcement 20 are the same as those in the first embodiment, the connecting portion 133 of the door frame inner 30 in the second embodiment. The distance between the connection part 143 of the glass guide 40 is set wider than the distance between the connection part 33 and the connection part 43 of the first embodiment. Accordingly, the position of the outer peripheral portion 135 in the protruding portion 31 of the door frame inner 30 is shifted to the outer peripheral side with respect to the outer peripheral portion 35 of the first embodiment, and the protruding amount of the seating surface portion 138 is the first embodiment. It is larger than the seating surface portion 138.

  In both the first embodiment and the second embodiment, the through holes 26 are formed in the connection portions 25 and 125 of the lock reinforcement 20, and the seats of the connection portions 33 and 133 of the door frame inner 30 are passed through the through holes 26. The surface portions 38 and 138 are joined to the connection portions 43 and 143 of the glass guide 40. Thus, of the three metal plates, the connection portions 33 and 133 and the connection portions 43 and 143 located on both sides in the stacking direction partially penetrate the connection portions 25 and 125 positioned in the middle in the stacking direction. (Stranding), the holding strength with respect to the intermediate connection portions 25 and 125 can be increased. As a joining structure of three metal plates different from the first and second embodiments, a structure in which three metal plates are simply overlapped and joined together by spot welding or the like, among the three metal plates Select a structure that joins metal plates located on both sides in the stacking direction individually (two in each case) (in this case, through holes for welding are formed in at least one of the metal plates located on both sides) can do. However, the structure in which three metal plates are joined together by spot welding or the like has a high degree of difficulty in welding, and there is a problem that it is difficult to ensure the joining strength especially when the metal plate is made of aluminum. In addition, both the structure that joins the three metal plates together and the structure that individually joins the metal plates on both sides and the intermediate metal plate are both between the metal plates on both sides when the welding strength is insufficient. May fall off or be displaced, so it is necessary to increase the number of welding points. With respect to these structures, in the configuration of the first and second embodiments, the seat surface portions 38 and 138 of the door frame inner 30 are formed in the through holes 26 formed in the connection portions 25 and 125 of the lock reinforcement 20 located in the middle. Since the seat surface portions 38 and 138 are welded to the connection portions 43 and 143 of the glass guide 40 after being inserted, the connection portion 25 of the lock reinforcement 20 by the fitting of the seat surface portions 38 and 138 and the through hole 26, The position shift and dropout of 125 can be regulated, and reliable joining can be performed with a small number of welding locations (welded portions). In addition, in the configuration of the first embodiment, the connection portion 25 of the lock reinforcement 20 is tightly sandwiched between both the connection portion 33 of the door frame inner 30 and the connection portion 43 of the glass guide 40. The number of joints (welded parts) for obtaining a predetermined joint strength between 16 and the lock reinforcement 20 can be greatly reduced. In the configuration of the second embodiment, the distance between the connection portion 133 of the door frame inner 30 and the connection portion 143 of the glass guide 40 can be set without being affected by the plate thickness of the connection portion 125 of the lock reinforcement 20. Therefore, the positional accuracy (surface accuracy) of the connecting portion 133 and the connecting portion 143 can be increased.

  Further, as described above, the connection portions 33 and 133 (seat surface portions 38 and 138) on both sides and the connection portions 43 and 143 are joined through the through holes 26 formed in the connection portions 25 and 125 located in the middle in the stacking direction, Since the connection portions 33 and 133 and the connection portions 43 and 143 are not formed with a through portion corresponding to the through hole 26, an effect of preventing water droplets from entering the rear side sash 16 and the door panel 11 from the outside can be obtained. .

  Although the present invention has been described based on the illustrated embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiment, and can be improved or modified without departing from the gist of the invention. For example, although the illustrated embodiment is applied to the joining of the rear side sash 16 and the lock reinforcement 20 in the side door 10 for the front seat of a passenger car, the scope of the present invention is the side door for the front seat of an automobile. The present invention is not limited to the above, and can be widely applied as long as the vertical pillar sash extending in the vertical direction and the bracket fixed to the door panel are joined. Specifically, a front side sash at the rear door or the like can be selected as the upright pillar sash of the door frame to which the present invention is applied. Moreover, the bracket fixed to the door panel side is not limited to the lock reinforcement for attaching the door lock, and another type of bracket (a member such as the front bracket 19 in FIGS. 1 and 2 as an example) can be selected. .

  In the illustrated embodiment, the inner flange 24 of the lock reinforcement 20 inserted into the hollow portion S of the rear side sash 16 has a shape substantially parallel to the inner portion 36 of the door frame inner 30. A non-contact reinforcing portion having a shape different from that of the flange 24 may be positioned in the hollow portion S.

  In the illustrated embodiment, the seat surface portions 38 and 138 are formed to protrude from the door frame inner 30 side as a joint portion between the door frame inner 30 and the glass guide 40. On the contrary, a similar seat is formed on the glass guide 40 side. It is also possible to form a surface portion.

10 Door 11 Door Panel 12 Door Frame 13 Window Opening 14 Inner Panel 15 Upper Sash 16 Rear Side Sash (Stand Pillar Sash)
17 Lower sash 19 Front bracket 20 Lock reinforcement (bracket)
21 Door lock assembly (fixed to the door panel)
22 Frame joint 23 Car outer flange 24 Car inner flange (non-contact reinforcement)
25 125 Connection ( contact reinforcement )
26 Through-hole 27 Fastening location 30 of inner panel and door lock assembly part Door frame inner (second frame member)
31 Projection 32 Car Outer Flange 33 133 Connection ( Extension )
34 Inner peripheral part 35 135 Outer peripheral part ( outer peripheral part of the protruding part)
36 Vehicle interior (first vehicle interior)
37 Hemming portion 38 138 Seat surface portion 39 Inner peripheral flange (door panel fixing portion)
40 Glass guide (first frame member, channel part)
41 Car exterior (side)
42 Vehicle interior ( second vehicle interior, side)
43 143 Connection ( bottom )
44 Protruding portion 45 Bending portion 50 Protruding portion 51 Inner circumferential flange S Hollow portion W1 W2 W3 W4 Welded portion

Claims (4)

A first frame member having a channel portion that holds the edge of the door glass so as to be movable up and down on the inner peripheral side facing the window opening, and a second frame member that covers the outer peripheral side of the first frame member and the vehicle interior side Are combined to form a vertical pillar sash that extends vertically,
In a vehicle door frame in which the vertical pillar sash is joined to a door panel via a bracket,
The second frame member protrudes inward of the channel portion with respect to the channel portion to form a hollow portion between the channel portion, and an extension portion extending outward from the outer peripheral side portion of the protrusion portion. Have
The bracket has a frame joint portion that protrudes upward from a fixing portion to the door panel and is inserted between the first frame member and the second frame member,
The frame joint of the bracket is
A contact reinforcing portion in close contact with the outer peripheral side portion of the protruding portion and the extension portion;
A non-contact reinforcing portion that is provided at an end portion of the frame joint portion, is bent from the contact reinforcing portion, and is positioned in the hollow portion without contacting any of the first frame member and the second frame member. When,
A vehicle door frame characterized by comprising: The vehicle door frame according to claim 1,
The protrusion has a first vehicle interior portion located on the vehicle interior side,
The channel portion has a second vehicle inner side portion that faces the first vehicle inner side portion and is spaced apart from the vehicle outer side.
The non-contact reinforcing portion is a vehicle door frame that is located closer to the first vehicle inner side than the second vehicle inner side. The vehicle door frame according to claim 1 or 2 ,
The channel portion of the first frame member has a bottom portion that connects a pair of side portions facing and spaced apart from the vehicle inner side and the vehicle outer side ,
The contact reinforcing portion of the bracket is located between the bottom and the extended portion,
A vehicle door in which a through hole is formed in the contact reinforcing portion , and a seat surface portion protruding from one of the bottom portion and the extension portion is fixed in contact with the other of the bottom portion and the extension portion through the through hole. flame. The vehicle door frame according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the protruding portion of the second frame member, in the inner peripheral side,
A hemming portion that is folded back into a space between the protruding portion and the channel portion and sandwiches an edge portion of the channel portion of the first frame member;
A door panel fixing part which is bent toward the inner peripheral side and is fixed to overlap with the door panel;
Having a vehicle door frame.

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