Patent ID: 9623730
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: B60J,B62D,E05D,E06B

Claim:
1. A door attachment portion structure of a vehicle, comprising: a pillar member comprising an outer panel and an inner panel which form a closed cross section extending vertically and a pillar reinforcement which is provided in the closed cross section formed by the outer panel and the inner panel; a door attached to the pillar member via a door hinge; and a hinge bracket attaching the door hinge to the pillar reinforcement of the pillar member, the hinge bracket being arranged between the outer panel and the pillar reinforcement, wherein said hinge bracket includes a hinge attachment wall portion, a pair of front-and-rear vertical wall portions, a pair of upper-and-lower lateral wall portions, a pair of front-and-rear vertical flange portions which extend inward in a vehicle width direction from respective inward end portions of the pair of vertical wall portions, an upper lateral flange portion which includes a vehicle-width-direction resiliently-deformable upper resilient portion and extends upward from an inward end portion of the upper lateral wall portion, and a lower lateral flange portion which includes a vehicle-width-direction resiliently-deformable lower resilient portion and extends downward from an inward end portion of the lower lateral wall portion, said pair of vertical flange portions are respectively joined to a front wall portion and a rear wall portion of said pillar reinforcement of the pillar member in a state in which said hinge attachment wall portion contacts a back face of said outer panel of the pillar member, and said upper lateral flange portion and said lower lateral flange portion are respectively joined to a side wall portion of said pillar reinforcement which is provided between the front wall portion and the rear wall portion of said pillar reinforcement of the pillar member.