Patent ID: 9677303
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: B60J,E05B,E05C

Claim:
1. An attachment structure comprising: a vehicle door including (i) a door outer panel that forms an outer surface of the vehicle door, and (ii) a door inner panel joined to a vehicle width direction inside of the door outer panel to form the vehicle door; a door lock device including an outer side section attached to a vehicle width direction inside face of the door outer panel, and an inner side section attached to a vehicle width direction outside face of the door inner panel; a rod provided at the outer side section, the rod being disposed such that a length direction of the rod is in a vehicle vertical direction, the rod being coupled to a door outer handle and moving vertically upon operation of the door outer handle, a lower portion of the rod including a bend so that a lower end of the rod includes a protruding portion that protrudes laterally in the vehicle width direction toward an interior of the vehicle; a releasing section provided at the inner side section, the releasing section including a joining section to which the rod is joined from the vehicle width direction outside, the joining section including a passage through which the protruding portion of the rod is slidably inserted from the vehicle width direction outside, the passage extending entirely through the joining section, the protruding portion extending through the passage so that an end of the protruding portion extends outside of the passage, the releasing section releasing a locked state of the door lock device upon vertical movement of the rod; a restricting section provided at the outer side section, the restricting section having a first surface located between the door outer panel and the rod and restricting movement of the rod toward the vehicle width direction outside and away from the joining section and having second surfaces restricting movement of the rod in the vehicle front-rear direction; and a guiding section provided at the releasing section, the guiding section being an outwardly tapered extension of the joining section and being provided at the vehicle width direction outside of the joining section, the guiding section having an outer diameter and including an extension of the passage that defines an inner diameter, the inner and outer diameters of the guiding section increasing on progression of the guiding section toward the vehicle width direction outside so that the extension of the passage guides the protruding portion of the rod into the passage of the joining section when the outer side section and the inner side section are brought together and attached to each other during assembly of the vehicle door.