Door sash
A door sash surrounding a window opening of a vehicle door, the door sash including: a design part located on a vehicle exterior side; a frame part located on a vehicle interior side with respect to the design part so as to form a sash interior space surrounded by a wall; and a mounting part located inside the sash interior space and to which door-related components can be mounted. According to this door sash, it is possible to achieve high functionality around the vehicle door while improving the space efficiency of the vehicle door by effectively utilizing the sash interior space as a portion to which the door-related components are mounted.
1. A door sash surrounding a window opening of a vehicle door, the door sash comprising:
a design part located on a vehicle exterior side;
a frame part located on a vehicle interior side with respect to the design part so as to form a sash interior space surrounded by a wall;
a mounting part located inside the sash interior space and to which door-related components can be mounted;
an upper sash forming an upper edge of the window opening and an upright pillar sash extending downward from an end of the upper sash, each of the upper sash and the upright pillar sash including the design part and the frame part, wherein the mounting part is provided in the sash interior space at a door corner part where the upper sash and the upright pillar sash meet;
an upper sash component that forms the upper sash;
an upright pillar sash component that forms the upright pillar sash; and
a door corner component that connects the upper sash component with the upright pillar sash component to form the door corner part, wherein
the door corner component includes the mounting part,
the mounting part is a bottomed hole recessed inside the frame part,
the door corner component includes a frame part having a recessed cross-sectional shape that opens on the vehicle exterior side and having a bottom, on the vehicle interior side, which is continuous to the frame part of at least one of the upper sash component or the upright pillar sash component,
the bottom of the frame part of the door corner component includes:
a first portion which has a predetermined thickness in the vehicle interior and exterior directions and is connected to the frame part of at least one of the upper sash component or the upright pillar sash component, and
a second portion, the thickness of which in the vehicle interior and exterior directions is larger than the thickness of the first portion in the vehicle interior and exterior directions, and
the hole is provided in the second portion and is open toward the vehicle exterior side.
2. The door sash according to claim 1 ,
wherein the door-related component mounted to the mounting part is a component constituting a window regulator that moves a window glass within the window opening.
3. The door sash according to claim 2 ,
wherein the window regulator pulls a wire to move the window glass, and the door-related component mounted to the mounting part is either a wire guide member that guides the wire or a mounting member for mounting the wire guide member.
4. The door sash according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting part is a bottomed hole recessed inside the frame part.