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Granted Patent B2
US 9,539,885 · App. 14/895,142 · Granted Jan 10, 2017

Vehicle back door

Inventor: Mutsumi Kawashima (Nisshin, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60J5/107B60R13/07
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Patent No.
US 9,539,885
App. No.
14/895,142
Granted
Jan 10, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A convex portion is provided on a door outer panel. Thus, when the door outer panel is thermally expanded, the convex portion is compressed along the direction of a plane of the door outer panel, so a gap the convex portion is crushed. That is, a dimensional difference that has occurred between the door outer panel and a door inner panel along the direction of the plane of the door outer panel is absorbed through compressive deformation of the convex portion.

Claims (15)

1. A vehicle back door comprising:

a door inner panel that is formed by a fiber-reinforced resin member, that is configured to face a vehicle interior, and that constitutes a back door inner plate;

a door outer panel that is formed by a resin member that has a linear expansion coefficient that is larger than a linear expansion coefficient of the fiber-reinforced resin member, the door outer panel being joined to the door inner panel, being arranged on an outer side of the door inner panel with respect to the vehicle interior, and constituting a back door outer plate;

a slack structure that is arranged in a vehicle outer surface of the door outer panel and that is disposed inward in a vehicle width direction with respect to joint portions where the door outer panel is joined to the door inner panel, the slack structure including a first slack portion extended along a first direction and a second slack portion extended along a second direction; and

an intersection structure that is arranged below a water drainage hole in a vehicle vertical direction and that constitutes a part of the slack structure, the water drainage hole penetrating the door outer panel, wherein

the first slack portion has a convex shape or a concave shape in a cross section perpendicular to the first direction,

the second slack portion has a convex shape or a concave shape in a cross section perpendicular to the second direction,

the first slack portion and the second slack portion intersect with each other to form the intersection structure that forms a peak,

the first slack portion is inclined in a plane of the door outer panel to extend from the peak downward in the vehicle vertical direction as the first slack portion extends outward in the vehicle width direction, and

the second slack portion is inclined in the plane of the door outer panel to extend from the peak downward in the vehicle vertical direction as the second slack portion extends outward in the vehicle width direction.

2. The vehicle back door according to claim 1 , wherein

the first slack portion and the second slack portion are linked with each other and formed continuously with each other.

3. The vehicle back door according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second directions intersect with a flow direction of resin as the resin member is molded.

4. The vehicle back door according to claim 1 , wherein

the slack structure is provided at a location in the door outer panel that is covered by a license plate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2015
From: KAWASHIMA, MUTSUMI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 037180/0465 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-128842 · Jun 19, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160114663A1 · Apr 28, 2016