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US 8,480,157 · App. 13/139,281 · Granted Jul 9, 2013

Vehicle back door

Inventor: Tsuyoshi Igura (Hiroshima, JP)
Assignee: Daikyonishikawa Corporation
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,480,157
App. No.
13/139,281
Granted
Jul 9, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle window panel mounted in a window opening formed in a vehicle to close the opening includes a panel body obtained by molding a resin material. A light-transmitting window is integrally connected to the panel body, and a protrusion is integrally connected to the panel body to protrude toward at least one of an inside or outside of the vehicle.

Claims (7)

1. A vehicle back door having an upper end portion which is coupled to a tailgate opening formed in a back portion of the vehicle, comprising:

an inner panel having a window opening and made of a resin material; and,

an outer panel placed on the inner panel and having a light-transmitting window portion, the light-transmitting window portion is made of a light-transmitting resin material; wherein,

the outer panel is formed such that when the back door is opened, a central portion of the back door in a width direction of the vehicle is higher than each of ends of the back door in the width direction of the vehicle, and

linear protrusions integrally connected to the outer panel, and protrude from each of ends of the outer panel in the width direction of the vehicle to the back portion of the vehicle; and, is configured to guide rain water;

a spoiler having an upper and lower walls, wherein the upper and lower walls of the spoiler protrude from the upper portion of the outer panel, the upper and lower walls extend in the width direction of the vehicle and are integrally connected to the upper portion of the outer panel, and

the upper and lower walls of the spoiler, and a portion of the inner panel are integrally joined together to internally have a space having a closed cross-sectional shape.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2011
From: IGURA, TSUYOSHI
To: DAIKYONISHIKAWA CORPORATION
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Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110241376A1 · Oct 6, 2011