Patent ID: 9346340
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: B60J

Claim Text:
1. A door structure of a vehicle, comprising: a door body including a door inner panel and a door outer panel; and an impact bar provided in an inner space of the door body and extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction, the impact bar being joined to the door inner panel of the door body, wherein the door inner panel of said door body includes a corner portion at a front end thereof, which is formed by a lateral face portion extending substantially in a vehicle width direction and a longitudinal face portion extending substantially in the vehicle longitudinal direction, said impact bar includes a U-shaped portion at a front end thereof, the U-shaped portion being formed in substantially a U shape by a vertical face portion extending substantially in a vehicle vertical direction and upper-and-lower lateral face portions extending respectively outward in the vehicle width direction from upper and lower ends of the vertical face portion, the impact bar further including upper-and-lower outer face portions which are configured to extend upward and downward from respective outward ends of the upper-and-lower lateral face portions, and said joining of the impact bar to the door inner panel of the door body is configured such that a pair of first joint portions which are formed so as to extend upward and downward from respective front ends of said upper-and-lower lateral face portions of the impact bar are joined to said lateral face portion of the corner portion of the door inner panel, respectively, whereas a pair of second joint portions which are formed so as to extend forward from respective front ends of said upper-and-lower outer face portions of the impact bar are joined to said longitudinal face portion of the corner portion of the door inner panel, respectively.