US 12,257,885 B2
Vehicle door structure and manufacturing method for vehicle door structure
Makoto Okutsu, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/498,036.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-179787 (JP), filed on Nov. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0149647 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. B60J 5/04 (2006.01); B60J 1/10 (2006.01); B60J 1/17 (2006.01); B60J 10/16 (2016.01); B60J 10/36 (2016.01); B60J 10/76 (2016.01)
CPC B60J 5/0402 (2013.01) [B60J 1/10 (2013.01); B60J 1/17 (2013.01); B60J 10/16 (2016.02); B60J 10/36 (2016.02); B60J 10/76 (2016.02)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle door structure comprising:
a main frame constituting an upper part of a window sash disposed on a vehicle door, the main frame extending along a vehicle longitudinal direction;
a fixed window and a vertically slidable window aligned with each other in the vehicle longitudinal direction within the window sash; and
a division bar provided between the fixed window and the vertically slidable window; wherein
the division bar is formed of a resin,
a fastening surface is formed on an upper end of the division bar, the fastening surface facing a fastening surface of the main frame,
an insert nut is embedded in the upper end of the division bar with an axial end surface of the insert nut being exposed on the fastening surface of the division bar, and
at least one seal component is provided in a region around the upper end of the division bar, and is formed of a resin which is softer than the resin of the division bar, wherein:
the at least one seal component is formed in a ring shape surrounding the fastening surface of the division bar, and is configured to be detachable from the division bar;
a claw is formed on the fastening surface of the division bar, the claw being designed to point outward with respect to the axial center of the division bar;
an engagement groove is formed by the claw and the fastening surface of the division bar, the engagement groove being open outward with respect to the axial center of the division bar;
the at least one of the seal component has an insertion hole defined to receive the claw therein, and has an inner protrusion protruding from an inner wall of the insertion hole toward the axial center of the division bar, the inner protrusion being configured to engage with the engagement groove;
a side surface of the engagement groove is inclined obliquely upward so as to extend upward while leaving away from the axial center of the division bar; and
the inner protrusion is inclined obliquely downward so as to extend downward while approaching the axial center of the division bar.