Patent ID: 8162360
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A door structure of an automotive vehicle, comprising: a door outer panel; a handle knob provided on an outer-face side of the door outer panel to conduct an opening/closing operation of a door; a handle base provided on an inner-face side of the door outer panel to pivotally support the handle knob; a door key cylinder supported at the handle base; a door latch operative to lock or unlock the door, the door latch being operationally linked to the handle knob and the door key cylinder via respective transmitting members; a beltline reinforcement provided on the inner-face side of the door outer panel to reinforce an beltline portion of the door outer panel; a cover member to cover the transmitting members such that the transmitting members are hidden when viewed from an upper opening of the door, wherein said handle base is fixed to said cover member, and the cover member is fixed to said beltline reinforcement via an attaching bracket, and said door key cylinder has a projection portion which projects toward an inside of the door at an inside end portion thereof; and a restriction member having an opening portion through which an inner end of said projection portion extends is attached to said handle base such that a vertical movement of the projection portion of the door key cylinder is restricted by a contact of the projection portion with an edge of said opening portion of the restriction member.