JPH05409Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] Technical field The present invention relates to an outer panel located on the outside of a vehicle,
The door of an automobile comprises an inner panel fixed to the panel, and a door trim fixed to the interior surface of the inner panel, the inner panel having a vertical portion extending roughly vertically and a lower portion extending from the lower end of the vertical portion toward the exterior of the vehicle, a slit hole for inserting window glass is formed in the lower portion, and after the window glass has been inserted, a reinforcing plate arranged to straddle the slit hole is fixed to the inner panel with screws, and the slit hole is closed by a cover.

PRIOR ART Doors of the above type are well known in the art, in which a window glass is inserted through a slit in the lower part of the inner panel during manufacture of the door.

FIG. 3 is a side view of an automobile equipped with the door 1 used to explain the conventional example and the present example, and FIG. 4 similarly shows the manufacturing process of the door used to explain the conventional example and the present example. A perspective view, and FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the conventional example taken along line A--A of the door shown in FIG. 3.

As shown in FIG. 3, the door 1 is pivotally supported on the vehicle body 2 so as to be openable and closable, and has a window frame portion 4 located at the upper part of the door body portion 3.
In contrast, the window glass 5 can be raised and lowered freely. As shown in FIG. 5, the door body 3 has an outer panel 6 located on the outside of the vehicle, and an inner panel 7 fixed to the panel 6, and a door trim 8 is fixed to the inner side of the inner panel 7. The outer panel 6 and the inner panel 7 may be extended above the door body part 3, and the window frame part 4 may be constituted by these extensions.

The inner panel 7 located on the inside of the vehicle has a vertical portion 9 that extends substantially vertically, and a lower portion 10 that is bent with respect to the vertical portion 9 and extends from the lower end of the vertical portion 9 toward the outside of the vehicle. The leading edge of this lower part 10 is fixed to the edge of the outer panel 6 by hemming.

A slit hole 11 for inserting a window glass is formed in the lower part 10 of the inner panel 7.
As shown in the figure, it extends long in the front-rear direction of the inner panel 10. When manufacturing the door 1, the window glass 5 is inserted into the space between the outer panel 6 and the inner panel 7 through the slit hole 11, and after the insertion, a cover 12 made of rubber or soft synthetic resin is fitted into the slit hole 11. , the hole 11 is closed. Line 1 in FIG. 5 shows the locus of movement of the window glass when it is inserted.

After the window glass 5 is inserted, the slit hole 11 is closed by the cover 12, so that the dustproof and waterproof properties for the inside of the door are guaranteed.
is quite large, so cover 1
If the door is simply covered with No. 2, the rigidity of the door may decrease. Therefore, conventionally, before attaching the cover 12, a reinforcing plate 13, which is shown in a simplified manner in FIG. After placing the lower part 1 of the inner panel 7
0 and each of the screw grommets 14 and 114 that have been locked in advance to the reinforcing plate 13, screw the tapping screws 15 and 115, which are an example of screws, to attach the reinforcing plate 13 to the inner panel 7. Fixed. After that, the cover 12 is fitted into the slit hole 11. In this way, the slit hole 1
It is possible to compensate for the decrease in rigidity caused by providing 1.

Reference numeral 16 in FIG. 5 is a weather strip attached to a portion of the lower part 10 of the inner panel 7 on the outer side of the vehicle than the slit hole 11 with an appropriate number of clips 17.
When the door 1 is closed, a sealing function for the inside of the vehicle is achieved between the vehicle body part, in the example shown, the rocker panel 18 and the door 1.

By the way, in order to improve the operability when inserting the window glass 5 through the slit hole 11 as described above, it is desirable that the width d of the slit hole 11 is as wide as possible. However, the tapping screw 15,
It is difficult to increase the width d of the slit hole 11 because a space for screwing the slit hole 115 must also be secured.

Furthermore, in the conventional door of this type, the tapping screws 15, 115 are used as shown in FIG.
Since the door is exposed to the outside, it can be seen by people, and the appearance of the door can be degraded.

Object The object of the invention is to provide a door of the type mentioned at the outset, in which the above-mentioned conventional disadvantages are eliminated by a simple construction.

Structure: In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a screw for fixing the reinforcing plate located on the inside of the vehicle from the slit hole.
We propose a configuration that is attached to the vertical part of the inner panel and hidden by the door trim.

Furthermore, in the above-mentioned door, when the door is closed, a weather strip that achieves a sealing function between the vehicle body and the interior and exterior of the vehicle is attached to the lower part of the inner panel on the outer side of the vehicle than the aforementioned slit hole. A configuration is proposed in which a screw for fixing the reinforcing plate located on the outer side of the vehicle is hidden by a lip formed on the weather strip or a lip formed on the cover.

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of the door according to the present invention.
It is a sectional view similar to the figure. The basic structure of the door 1 shown here is the same as that shown in FIG. Moreover, its appearance is the same as that shown in FIG. 3, and the process of inserting the window glass 5 through the slit hole 11 and then attaching the reinforcing plate 13 and cover 12 to the inner panel 7 is the same as in the conventional case. Therefore, the fifth
Elements similar to those in the figure are given the same reference numerals as in Figure 5.
The redundant explanation will be omitted.

The difference from the conventional version is that the tapping screw 15 for fixing the reinforcing plate, which is located on the inside of the vehicle from the slit hole 11, is attached to the vertical part 9 of the inner panel 7 instead of to the lower part 10 of the inner panel 7.
Moreover, the screw 15 is hidden by the door trim 8, and the tapping screw 115 for fixing the reinforcing plate, which is located on the outer side of the vehicle than the slit hole 11, is hidden by the lip 20 formed on the cover 12. The point is that

That is, the vertical portion 9 near the bottom of the inner panel 7
A stepped portion 21 recessed toward the outside of the vehicle is formed, and the head of the screw 15 is located here, and the head is covered by the door trim 8. In this way, since the screw 15 is attached to the vertical portion 9 of the inner panel 7 rather than the lower part 10 and the reinforcing plate 13 is fixed, a space for arranging the screw 15 in the lower part 10 is not required. Therefore, the slit hole 11 having a wider width D than the conventional one can be formed in the narrow lower part 10, and the window glass 5 can be inserted efficiently through the slit hole 11. Moreover, when the reinforcing plate 13 is fixed to the inner panel 7 by the screws 15 and 115, the cover 12 is fitted into the slit hole 11, and the door trim 8 is fixed to the inner panel 7, the screw 15 is covered by the door trim 8. Therefore, this screw 15 is not visible from the outside, and the appearance of the completed door 1 can be enhanced.

Similarly, since the screw 115 is also covered by the lip 20 of the cover 12, it is not visible from the outside, and the appearance of the door 1 can be further improved.

In the embodiment shown in FIG.
The screw 115 is covered by the lip 20 of the cover 12, but the screw 115 is hidden by the lip 200 formed on the weather strip 16 as shown in FIG.
The same effect can be obtained by covering the

In the illustrated embodiment, the reinforcing plate 13 is fixed to the inner panel 7 by the tapping screws 15, 115 screwed into the screw grommets 14, 114, but it may be fixed by other types of screws. Of course, it is also possible to directly fix the screws to the inner panel 7 and the reinforcing plate 13 without using screw grommets, and to fix the reinforcing plate 13 integrally to the inner panel 7. Furthermore, the present invention is applicable not only to the side door as shown in FIG. 3, but also to, for example, a back door provided at the rear of the vehicle body.

Effects According to the structure described in claim 1, the width of the slit hole can be expanded, the workability of inserting the window glass can be improved, and the appearance of the door can be improved.

According to the structure set forth in claim 2, it is possible to further enhance the appearance of the door.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 shows an example of the door according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a sectional view similar to FIG. 1 showing another configuration example, FIG. 3 is a side view of the automobile used to explain the present invention and the conventional example, and FIG. The figure is also a perspective view used to explain the present invention and the conventional example, and is a view that clarifies the installation operation of the reinforcing plate and the cover. Figure 5 shows the configuration of the conventional door; It is an A-line sectional view. 1...Door, 5...Window glass, 6...Outer panel, 7...Inner panel, 8...Door trim,
9... Vertical part, 10... Lower part, 11... Slit hole, 12... Cover, 13... Reinforcement plate, 16...
Weather strip, 20,200...rip.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] (1) An outer panel located on the outside of the vehicle, an inner panel fixed to the panel, and a door trim fixed to the inner side of the inner panel,
The front inner panel has a vertical portion extending almost vertically and a lower portion extending toward the outside of the vehicle from the lower end of the vertical portion, and a slit hole for inserting the window glass is formed in the lower portion. In an automobile door in which a reinforcing plate arranged to straddle a slit hole is fixed to an inner panel with screws, and the slit hole is closed by a cover, the reinforcing plate is fixed to the reinforcing plate located on the inside of the vehicle with respect to the slit hole. A door characterized in that a screw for use is attached to a vertical part of an inner panel and is hidden by a door trim. (2) When the door is closed, the weather strip that achieves a sealing function between the vehicle body and the interior and exterior of the vehicle,
A screw for fixing the reinforcing plate, which is attached to the lower part of the inner panel on the outside of the car from the slit hole and located on the outside of the car from the slit hole, is attached to a lip formed on the weather strip or a lip formed on the cover. 2. A motor vehicle door according to claim 1, wherein the door is concealed.