US 12,109,873 B2
Sliding door structure
Yuichiro Saiki, Tokyo (JP); Takashi Fukahori, Tokyo (JP); Joji Goto, Tokyo (JP); Tomoaki Ando, Tokyo (JP); and Katsuhiro Yoshiyama, Tochigi (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/678,141.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-040193 (JP), filed on Mar. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0289005 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. B60J 5/06 (2006.01); B60J 5/04 (2006.01); E05D 15/10 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 5/06 (2013.01) [B60J 5/0477 (2013.01); E05D 15/101 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/531 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sliding door structure of a vehicle in which a front door and a rear door both are sliding doors, the sliding door structure comprising:
a front door and a rear door;
lower arms respectively extending from lower parts of the front door and the rear door toward a vehicle body of the vehicle; and
lower rails, attached on an upper part of a side sill of the vehicle body, for guiding lower rollers attached on ends of the lower arms,
wherein: on the side sill, there is attached a reinforcing bracket having a wall surface facing an outside of the vehicle body;
the reinforcing bracket includes a front support surface and a rear support surface which are inclined with respect to a front-rear direction of the vehicle body, at both ends in the front-rear direction;
the front support surface and the rear support surface are formed so that a direction orthogonal to the front support surface and a direction orthogonal to the rear support surface intersect each other inside the vehicle body:
the front support surface and the rear support surface of the reinforcing bracket are provided with a front engagement hole and a rear engagement hole as engaged portions, respectively; and
the lower arm of the front door and the lower arm of the rear door are each provided with an engaging portion that engages with each of the engaged portions when the front door and the rear door are fully closed.