IP Library Granted Patent US 9,776,480
Granted Patent B2
US 9,776,480 · App. 15/028,392 · Granted Oct 3, 2017

Door frame

Inventors: Hiroaki Yamazaki (Fujisawa, JP); Katsumasa Muramatsu (Fujisawa, JP)
Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
B60J5/0402
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Patent No.
US 9,776,480
App. No.
15/028,392
Granted
Oct 3, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A door frame includes: a column, wherein the column includes: an outer member; and an inner member, which is attached to the outer member and of which at least a part is located at an inner side of the vehicle, wherein the outer member includes: a base portion; and a first bent portion that is bent at an end portion of the base portion and extends to the inner side of the vehicle, wherein the inner member includes: a side portion that has faces, which respectively face the base portion and the first bent portion, and wherein the first bent portion of the outer member is welded to the side portion of the inner member in a state where a gap is formed between the base portion of the outer member and the face of the side portion of the inner member, which faces the base portion.

Claims (17)

1. A door frame comprising

a column,

wherein the column includes:

an outer member; and

an inner member, which is attached to the outer member and of which at least a part is located at an inner side of the vehicle of the outer member,

wherein the outer member includes: a base portion; and a first bent portion that is bent at an end portion of the base portion with respect to the base portion and extends to the inner side of the vehicle,

wherein the inner member includes: a side portion that has faces, which respectively face the base portion and the first bent portion, and

wherein the first bent portion of the outer member is welded to the side portion of the inner member in a state where a gap is formed between the base portion of the outer member and the face of the side portion of the inner member, which faces the base portion.

2. The door frame according to claim 1 ,

wherein a plurality of notches or through-holes are formed in a longitudinal direction in the first bent portion of the outer member, and

wherein a circumferential edge of the notches or through-holes are welded to the inner member.

3. The door frame according to claim 1 ,

wherein a groove forming portion to guide lifting of a window glass is formed in the outer member,

wherein a glass run channel that comes into contact with the window glass is formed in the groove forming portion, and

wherein the glass run channel covers a weld bead.

4. The door frame according to claim 1 ,

wherein a second bent portion that comes into surface-contact with the first bent portion of the outer member is formed in the inner member.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Mar 16, 2022
From: SHIROKI CORPORATION
To: AISIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059380/0588 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2016
From: YAMAZAKI, HIROAKI; MURAMATSU, KATSUMASA
To: SHIROKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038247/0973 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-217075 · Oct 18, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160257183A1 · Sep 8, 2016