US 12,263,725 B2
Vehicle door
Daisuke Nakayama, Aki-gun (JP); Tomohiro Komaji, Aki-gun (JP); Hidemitsu Shinhara, Aki-gun (JP); Masaki Mouri, Aki-gun (JP); Eiji Oro, Aki-gun (JP); and Masayoshi Sannabe, Aki-gun (JP)
Assigned to MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed by MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/058,136.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-202629 (JP), filed on Dec. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0182547 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. B60J 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 5/0423 (2013.01) [B60J 5/0415 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle door having an outer panel that is attached in an openable and closable manner to a vehicle body by a front hinge; and a panel reinforcement that extends in a vehicle front-rear direction on an inner side of the outer panel, and in which the outer panel and the panel reinforcement are fixed by plural adhesion sections, wherein
the outer panel includes:
a first belt-like convex section that is projected to a vehicle outer side and extends in the vehicle front-rear direction;
a belt-like concave section that is provided under the first belt-like convex section, is projected to a cabin side, and extends in the vehicle front-rear direction; and
a second belt-like convex section that is provided under the belt-like concave section, is projected to the vehicle outer side, and extends in the vehicle front-rear direction,
the belt-like concave section includes:
a concave bottom line that is located between an upper end and a lower end of the belt-like concave section, is most projected to the cabin side, and extends in a front-rear direction,
the outer panel includes:
an upper area that is located above the concave bottom line; and
a lower area that is located under the concave bottom line,
the adhesion sections are disposed in both the upper area and the lower area,
the number of the adhesion sections in the upper area is larger than the number of the adhesion sections in the lower area, and
the number of the adhesion sections in a front lower area near the front hinge in the lower area is larger than the number of the adhesion sections in a rear lower area away from the front hinge in the lower area.