IP Library Granted Patent US 12,194,821
Granted Patent B2
US 12,194,821 · App. 17/846,042 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Vehicle half door, vehicle full door, and vehicle door group

Inventors: Sota Tsurumi (Akashi, JP); Teruaki Yamamoto (Akashi, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
B60J5/0487B60J5/0406B60J5/0463
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Patent No.
US 12,194,821
App. No.
17/846,042
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle full door includes a door body having a first door panel and a second door panel formed separately from the first door panel and connected to an upper end of the first door panel; a window provided at the second door panel; an outer knob, an inner knob, and a latch provided at the first door panel; and a hinge provided at the first door panel to turnably support the door body.

Claims (63)

1. A vehicle half door comprising:

a door body having a first door panel;

a cover that closes an upper opening of the first door panel;

a door knob and a latch at the first door panel; and

a hinge at the first door panel to turnably support the door body,

wherein:

the first door panel includes a first inner panel and a first outer panel, and

an upper end portion of the first inner panel and a lower end portion of the cover are connected to each other with rivets, and an upper end portion of the first outer panel and the lower end portion of the cover are connected to each other with rivets.

2. A vehicle full door comprising:

a door body having a frame, a first door panel attached to the frame, and a second door panel formed separately from the first door panel and attached to the frame with connected to an upper end of the first door panel;

a window at the second door panel so as to move up and down;

a door knob and a latch at the first door panel; and

a hinge at the first door panel to turnably support the door body,

wherein:

the first door panel includes a first inner panel,

the second door panel includes a second inner panel,

the first door panel and the second door panel are, with rivets, connected to each other at two locations at both end portions in a front-rear direction, and

an upper end portion of the first inner panel and a lower end portion of the second inner panel overlap with each other in a vehicle width direction.

3. The vehicle full door of claim 2 , further comprising:

a driver attached to the frame in the first door panel to move the window up and down.

4. The vehicle full door of claim 3 , further comprising:

an operation switch at the second door panel to drive the driver.

5. A vehicle door group comprising:

a vehicle full door that opens or closes an entirety of an entrance of a vehicle; and

a vehicle half door that opens or closes part of the entrance of the vehicle,

wherein the vehicle half door includes:

a door body having a first door panel,

a cover that closes an upper opening of the first door panel,

a door knob and a latch at the first door panel, and

a hinge at the first door panel to turnably support the door body,

wherein:

the first door panel includes a first inner panel and a first outer panel, and

an upper end portion of the first inner panel and a lower end portion of the cover are connected to each other with rivets, and an upper end portion of the first outer panel and the lower end portion of the cover are connected to each other with rivets.

6. A vehicle door group comprising:

a vehicle full door that opens or closes an entirety of an entrance of a vehicle; and

a vehicle half door that opens or closes part of the entrance of the vehicle,

wherein the vehicle full door includes:

a door body having a frame, a first door panel attached to the frame, and a second door panel formed separately from the first door panel and attached to the frame with connected to an upper end of the first door panel,

a window at the second door panel so as to move up and down,

a door knob and a latch at the first door panel, and

a hinge at the first door panel to turnably support the door body,

wherein:

the first door panel includes a first inner panel,

the second door panel includes a second inner panel,

the first door panel and the second door panel are, with rivets, connected to each other at two locations at both end portions in a front-rear direction, and

an upper end portion of the first inner panel and a lower end portion of the second inner panel overlap with each other in a vehicle width direction.

7. The vehicle door group of claim 6 , wherein:

the vehicle full door further includes a driver attached to the frame in the first door panel to move the window up and down.

8. The vehicle door group of claim 7 , wherein:

the vehicle full door further includes an operation switch at the second door panel to drive the driver.

9. A vehicle door group comprising:

a vehicle full door that opens or closes an entirety of an entrance of a vehicle; and

a vehicle half door that opens or closes part of the entrance of the vehicle,

wherein each of the vehicle full door and the vehicle half door includes:

a door body having a first door panel,

a door knob and a latch at the first door panel, and

a hinge at the first door panel to turnably support the door body,

wherein:

the vehicle half door includes a cover that closes an upper opening of the first door panel,

the first door panel of the vehicle half door includes a first inner panel and a first outer panel, and

an upper end portion of the first inner panel and a lower end portion of the cover are connected to each other with rivets, and an upper end portion of the first outer panel and a lower end portion of the cover are connected to each other with rivets.

10. The vehicle door group of claim 9 , wherein

each of the vehicle full door and the vehicle half door further includes a door handle at the first door panel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2022
From: TSURUMI, SOTA; YAMAMOTO, TERUAKI
To: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
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Continuity (1)
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