Door sash
The invention relates to a door sash having a cross-sectional shape including a design portion and a hollow portion formed on an inboard side with respect to the design portion and connected to the design portion, and is intended to provide a door sash which achieves weight reduction. The hollow portion is an extrusion mold of light metal, the design portion is a product having a variable cross-sectional shape in which the shape in the direction of the width of a vehicle is increased in length as it gets close to a waist line of a door, and the hollow portion is integrated with the design portion. The door sash further includes: a glass run holder positioned on an outboard side with respect to the hollow portion and configured to hold a glass run which a window glass comes into abutment with, the glass run holder being adjacent to the design portion, and a bracket which connects the glass run holder and the hollow portion.
1. A door sash for a door of a motor vehicle, the vehicle having a horizontal width-wise direction extending across the width of the vehicle, an outboard side in the vicinity of the door sash facing to the outside of the vehicle, and an inboard side in the vicinity of the door sash facing toward the interior of the vehicle, the door sash having an upper portion extending in a vertical direction upward from a waist line of the door the door sash comprising:
a design portion extending in the vertical direction upward from a waist line of the door and having a design surface on the outboard side of the design portion; and
a hollow portion connected to the design portion on an inboard side of the design portion and wherein the hollow portion is an extrusion mold formed of light metal extending in the vertical direction upward from a waist line of the door, and further wherein
the design portion has a mounting portion extending in the vertical direction upward from a waist line of the door between the hollow portion and the design surface the mounting portion having a variable length along a horizontal cross-sectional shape that increases in the horizontal width-wise direction as it gets close to a waist line of a door, and the hollow portion and the design portion are connected to each other at the mounting portion of the design portion.
2. The door sash according to claim 1 , further comprising: a glass run holder positioned on an outboard side of the door sash with respect to the hollow portion and configured to hold a glass run which a window glass comes into abutment with, the glass run holder being adjacent to the design portion, and a bracket configured to connect the glass run holder and the hollow portion.
3. The door sash according to claim 2 , wherein the bracket is connected the glass run holder.
4. The door sash according to claim 2 , wherein the bracket is the tongue-shaped strip formed by a cut in the glass run holder and configured to come into abutment with the hollow portion.
5. The door sash according to claim 3 , wherein the bracket is a tongue-shaped strip formed by a cut in the glass run holder and configured to come into abutment with the hollow portion.