Granted Patent B2

US 12,654,643 · App. 18/327,001 · Granted Jun 16, 2026

Inventors: Yutaka Iwai (Tokyo, JP); Takahiro Ishikawa (Tokyo, JP)

Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

B60R21/0136B60J5/04

Abstract

Claims (21)

1 . A vehicle door structure, comprising:

a vehicle inner door panel, provided with an opening;

a vehicle outer door panel, disposed on an outer side of the vehicle inner door panel in a vehicle width direction;

a sealing member, disposed at an inner side of the vehicle inner door panel in the vehicle width direction and covering the opening;

a mounting bracket having an upper bracket disposed on an inner surface of the vehicle inner door panel in the vehicle width direction, and a lower bracket extending from the upper bracket to the opening and positioned to overlap the opening when viewed in the vehicle width direction; and

a pressure sensor, disposed on a periphery of the vehicle inner door panel, and disposed at a position adjacent to the opening, wherein

the pressure sensor is disposed at a position overlapping the opening viewed from the vehicle width direction, and at least a part of the pressure sensor is disposed at a position closer to an inner side of the vehicle width direction than the vehicle inner door panel and disposed on an inner surface of the lower bracket in the vehicle width direction.

2 . The vehicle door structure according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pressure sensor is disposed at a position closer to an outer side of the vehicle width direction than the sealing member.

3 . The vehicle door structure according to claim 1 , wherein the lower bracket has a mounting portion and an extending portion, the mounting portion is mounted with the pressure sensor, and the extending portion extends from an upper end of the mounting portion to the top of the pressure sensor along the vehicle width direction.

4 . The vehicle door structure according to claim 3 , wherein the extending portion extends to the position closer to the inner side of the vehicle width direction than an edge of the opening along the vehicle width direction.

5 . The vehicle door structure according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting bracket is mounted on the vehicle inner door panel from the inner side of the vehicle width direction through a fastening member.

6 . A vehicle door structure, comprising:

a vehicle inner door panel, provided with an opening;

a vehicle outer door panel, disposed at an outer side of the vehicle inner door panel in a vehicle width direction;

a sealing member, disposed at an inner side of the vehicle inner door panel in the vehicle width direction and covering the opening;

a mounting bracket having an upper bracket disposed on an inner surface of the vehicle inner door panel in the vehicle width direction, and a lower bracket extending from the upper bracket to the opening and positioned to overlap the opening when viewed in the vehicle width direction; and

a pressure sensor, disposed on a periphery of the vehicle inner door panel, and disposed at a position adjacent to the opening, wherein

the pressure sensor is disposed on a side surface of the vehicle inner door panel facing an inner side of the vehicle width direction, so as to be disposed at a position closer to the inner side of the vehicle width direction than the vehicle inner door panel and disposed on an inner surface of the lower bracket in the vehicle width direction.

7 . The vehicle door structure according to claim 6 ,

wherein the pressure sensor is arranged at a position closer to an outer side of the vehicle width direction than the sealing member.

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