Vehicle door structure

Abstract

To provide a vehicle door structure that makes it easy to improve side-collision detection performance.SOLUTION: A vehicle door structure includes: a door body having a door inner panel with a service hole provided therein and a cover closing the service hole; and a door trim covering a vehicle-interior side of the door body. The door trim has an armrest provided to overlap the service hole. The door body has a bracket fixed to the door inner panel so as to straddle the service hole, at a location overlapping the armrest. The cover is pressed toward a vehicle-exterior side by the bracket.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a vehicle door structure that facilitates improving the performance of detecting a side collision. [Background technology]

[0002] The vehicle side door of Patent Document 1 has a door panel and a door trim that covers the interior side of the door panel. The door panel has a door outer panel and a door inner panel. A space is formed between the door outer panel and the door inner panel. A pressure sensor is disposed in the space. The pressure sensor detects a pressure change in the space. In the vehicle, a side collision of the vehicle is detected based on the pressure change detected by the pressure sensor. The door inner panel is provided with a service hole. The service hole is covered by a service hole cover. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2020-79044 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] In the above vehicle, the service hole is covered by the service hole cover, which makes it easier for the pressure sensor to detect the pressure change in the above space during a side collision. There is a need for a door structure that can improve the detection performance of a side collision.

[0005] An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle door structure that can easily improve the performance of detecting a side collision. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] A vehicle door structure according to one aspect of the present invention includes: A door body including a door inner panel having a service hole and a cover for closing the service hole; a door trim covering the vehicle interior side of the door body, the door trim has an armrest provided so as to overlap the service hole, The door body has a bracket fixed to the door inner panel so as to straddle the service hole at a portion overlapping the armrest, The cover is pressed toward the outside of the vehicle by the bracket. Effect of the Invention

[0007] In the vehicle door structure, the cover is pressed toward the outside of the vehicle, improving the sealing of the service hole by the cover. This improves the side collision detection performance of the pressure sensor described above. In addition, moisture is prevented from entering the vehicle interior through the service hole. Since there is no need to provide a separate member from the bracket to improve the sealing performance, the vehicle door structure is not heavy or expensive, and is highly manufacturable. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0008] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a side view of a vehicle door structure according to an embodiment. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a side view of a door body provided in the vehicle door structure of the embodiment. [Diagram 3] FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III of FIG. [Figure 4] FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. [Diagram 5] FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VV of FIG. [Figure 6] FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VI-VI of FIG. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0009] An embodiment of the vehicle door structure of the present invention will be described below with reference to Figs. 1 to 6. The same reference numerals in the figures indicate the same objects. In the figures, "UP" indicates the upper side of the vehicle on which the vehicle door structure 1 of the present embodiment is provided, "LWR" indicates the lower side, "FR" indicates the front side, "RR" indicates the rear side, "RH" indicates the right side, and "LH" indicates the left side. In the following description, "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "right" and "left" respectively correspond to "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "right side" and "left side" of the vehicle.

[0010] <<Embodiment>> [Vehicle door structure] A vehicle door structure 1 according to the embodiment opens and closes left and right door openings of a vehicle. As shown in Fig. 1, the door structure 1 includes a door body 2 and a door trim 6. The door body 2 has a door inner panel 21 provided with a service hole 22, and a cover 3 that covers the service hole 22. The door trim 6 covers the interior side of the door body 2. One of the features of the vehicle door structure 1 according to the embodiment is that the cover 3 is pressed toward the exterior side of the vehicle by a specific bracket 4 provided on the door body 2.

[0011] [Door trim] The door trim 6 is an interior member that covers the vehicle interior side of the door inner panel 21. The door trim 6 covers almost the entire vehicle interior side of the door inner panel 21 below the belt line. The door trim 6 is a resin molded body. The door trim 6 is attached to the door inner panel 21 by a first fastening member 51, a second fastening member 52, and a plurality of engagement claws not shown. The first fastening member 51 fixes a bracket 4 (described later) together with a cover 3 to the door inner panel 21. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the door trim 6, the bracket 4, the cover 3, and the door inner panel 21 are fastened together by the first fastening member 51. The second fastening member 52 fixes the bracket 4 to the door inner panel 21. That is, the door trim 6, the bracket 4, and the door inner panel 21 are fastened together by the second fastening member 52. Like the first fastening member 51, the second fastening member 52 may fasten the door trim 6, the bracket 4, the cover 3 and the door inner panel 21 together. Each engaging claw is hooked onto the door inner panel 21.

[0012] As shown in FIG. 1, the door trim 6 has a switch base 61, a pull handle 62, and an arm rest 63. Although not shown, the switch base 61 is provided with various switches such as a power window switch and an unlock switch. The switch base 61 is separately attached to the door trim 6. The arm rest 63 is an elbow rest for an occupant. The arm rest 63 is separately attached to the door trim 6. The arm rest 63 is provided at a position overlapping the service hole 22 of the door inner panel 21 when the door structure 1 is viewed from the side as shown in FIG. 1, that is, when the door structure 1 is viewed from the inside to the outside of the vehicle. The pull handle 62 is pulled by the occupant when the door opening of the vehicle is closed by the door structure 1. The pull handle 62 is provided between the switch base 61 and the arm rest 63 as shown in FIG. 1. As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the pull handle 62 is formed by combining an extension 610 of the switch base 61 and an extension 630 of the armrest 63. The extension 610 includes a front wall (not shown), a rear wall (not shown), an outer wall 611, an inner wall 612, and a bottom wall 613, and is open upward. The extension 630 is a narrow area disposed toward the vehicle interior side from the rear of the armrest 63, and is curved to cover the upper end of the inner wall 612 from the vehicle exterior side to the vehicle interior side. An occupant's finger is inserted into the upward opening, and the occupant's hand is hooked on the extension 630. The pull handle 62 is provided at a position overlapping a first portion 41 of a bracket 4 (described later) when the door structure 1 is viewed from the side as shown in FIG. 1.

[0013] [Door body] The door body 2 includes a door outer panel, a door inner panel 21, a cover 3, and a bracket 4, all of which are not shown.

[0014] The door outer panel constitutes the exterior design surface of the door structure 1. The door inner panel 21 is disposed on the interior side of the door outer panel. A space is provided between the door outer panel and the door inner panel 21. A pressure sensor (not shown) is provided in this space. The pressure sensor detects pressure changes in the space. By detecting pressure changes in the space, a side collision is detected. The door inner panel 21 is provided with a service hole 22. The service hole 22 is a hole through which a worker can insert his or her hand into the space when assembling the vehicle door structure 1.

[0015] As shown in FIG. 2, the cover 3 covers the service hole 22. The cover 3 has a first region 31 corresponding to the service hole 22 and a second region 32 provided around the first region 31. The first region 31 overlaps the service hole 22 when the cover 3 is viewed from the side as shown in FIG. 2. That is, the first region 31 is a region that faces the service hole 22 without facing the vehicle interior surface of the door inner panel 21. The second region 32 is provided outside the service hole 22. The second region 32 faces the vehicle interior surface of the door inner panel 21. The second region 32 is fixed to the door inner panel 21 by the above-mentioned first fastening member 51, the plurality of third fastening members 53, and the plurality of resin clips 54. The outer peripheral edge portion of the second region 32 is sealed all around.

[0016] The bracket 4 reinforces the door inner panel 21. The bracket 4 in this embodiment is formed of a long and thin plate-like piece. The bracket 4 in this embodiment is provided so that the direction along the longitudinal direction of the bracket 4 is along the front and rear of the vehicle. Unlike this embodiment, the bracket 4 may be provided so that the direction along the longitudinal direction of the bracket 4 is along the up-down direction, or along a direction intersecting both the up-down direction and the front-rear direction. The bracket 4 is fixed to the door inner panel 21 so as to straddle the service hole 22 at a location overlapping the armrest 63 when the bracket 4 is viewed from the side as shown in FIG. 1.

[0017] As shown in FIG. 2, the bracket 4 has a first portion 41, a second portion 42, a third portion 43, and a fourth portion 44 in this order from the front to the rear. When the bracket 4 is viewed from the side as shown in FIG. 2, the first portion 41 overlaps the second region 32 of the cover 3 located forward of the service hole 22. The first portion 41 is fixed to the door inner panel 21 by a first fastening member 51. When the door structure 1 is viewed from the side as shown in FIG. 1, the first portion 41 overlaps the pull handle 62 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. When the bracket 4 is viewed from the side as shown in FIG. 2, the second portion 42 overlaps the first region 31 of the cover 3 as shown in FIG. 5. That is, when the bracket 4 is viewed from the side as shown in FIG. 2, the second portion 42 overlaps the service hole 22 as shown in FIG. 5. The third portion 43 overlaps the second region 32 of the cover 3 located rearward of the service hole 22 as shown in Fig. 6 when the bracket 4 is viewed from the side as shown in Fig. 2. The fourth portion 44 overlaps the door inner panel 21 exposed from the cover 3 when the bracket 4 is viewed from the side as shown in Fig. 2. The fourth portion 44 is fixed to the door inner panel 21 by a second fastening member 52.

[0018] As shown in Figures 3 to 6, the bracket 4 of this embodiment has a pressing portion 45 that presses the cover 3 toward the outside of the vehicle. The pressing portion 45 presses the cover 3 toward the outside of the vehicle, thereby improving the sealing performance of the service hole 22 by the cover 3. This improves the side collision detection performance of the pressure sensor described above. Furthermore, moisture is prevented from entering the vehicle interior through the service hole 22. Since there is no need to provide a member separate from the bracket 4 to improve sealing performance, the vehicle door structure 1 is not likely to be heavy or expensive and is excellent in productivity.

[0019] The pressing portion 45 of this embodiment is provided so as to protrude from the lower portion of the bracket 4 toward the vehicle exterior. The pressing portion 45 is configured to have a C-shaped cross section. The pressing portion 45 is provided in an area of ​​the bracket 4 that overlaps with the cover 3 when the bracket 4 is viewed from the side as shown in FIG. 2. The pressing portion 45 of this embodiment is provided over the entire area of ​​the first portion 41, the second portion 42, and the third portion 43 of the bracket 4, except for the fourth portion 44 of the bracket 4, when the bracket 4 is viewed from the side as shown in FIG. 2. The pressing portion 45 of this embodiment presses the second region 32 of the cover 3 located in front of the service hole 22 toward the vehicle exterior as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, presses the first region 31 of the cover 3 toward the vehicle exterior as shown in FIG. 5, and presses the second region 32 of the cover 3 located behind the service hole 22 toward the vehicle exterior as shown in FIG. 6. As shown in FIG. 6, the pressing portion 45 presses the outer peripheral edge of the cover 3 toward the vehicle exterior. Unlike this embodiment, the pressing portion 45 may be provided only in a region of the bracket 4 that overlaps with the first region 31 or the second region 32 of the cover 3. In that case, the pressing portion 45 presses only the first region 31 or the second region 32 of the cover 3 toward the outside of the vehicle.

[0020] The present invention is not limited to these examples, but is defined by the claims, and is intended to include all modifications within the meaning and scope of the claims.

[0021] For example, the bracket may be attached to the door inner panel by a plastic clip instead of the first and second fastening members.

[0022] For example, the cover may have a pressing portion. This pressing portion is provided so that a part of the cover protrudes toward the inside of the vehicle. If the bracket is attached so as to be pressed against the pressing portion of the cover, the cover is pressed toward the inside of the vehicle by the reaction force of the pressing portion pressing against the bracket. [Explanation of symbols]

[0023] 1 Vehicle door structure 2 Door body 21 Door inner panel 22 Service Hall 3 Cover 31 First area 32 Second area 4 Bracket 41 Part 1 42 Second part 43 Third part 44 Fourth part 45 Pressing part 51 First fastening member 52 Second fastening member 53 Third fastening member 54 Plastic Clip 6 Door Trim 61 Switch Base 610 Extension 611 Exterior wall 612 Interior wall 613 Bottom wall 62 Pull Handle 63 Armrest 630 Extension

Claims

1. A door body having a door outer panel, a door inner panel having a service hole, and a cover for covering the service hole; a pressure sensor disposed in a space between the door outer panel and the door inner panel to detect a side collision; a door trim covering the vehicle interior side of the door body, the door trim has an armrest provided so as to overlap the service hole, The door body includes a bracket having both ends fixed to the door inner panel and a portion disposed between the both ends so as to straddle the service hole and overlap the service hole, The cover is pressed toward the outside of the vehicle by the bracket. Vehicle door structure.

2. A door structure for a vehicle as described in claim 1, wherein the bracket has a pressing portion that protrudes toward the outside of the vehicle and presses the cover toward the outside of the vehicle.

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