Patent ID: 8985673
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A door frame structure of a vehicle door comprising an upright pillar sash that extends in a substantially vertical direction and an upper sash that forms an upper edge of said vehicle door, wherein said upright pillar sash and said upper sash are joined together at a corner portion, wherein each of said upright pillar sash and said upper sash includes a frame body portion extending in a longitudinal direction thereof, said frame body portion including a vehicle-inner-side wall section and a vehicle-outer-side wall section which are separate from each other in a direction toward the vehicle inner side/vehicle outer side, and an inner-peripheral-side wall section and an outer-peripheral-side wall section which connect the vehicle-inner-side wall section and the vehicle-outer-side wall section to each other and are separate from each other in a direction toward the inner peripheral side/outer peripheral side of the door frame, wherein said vehicle-inner-side wall section, said inner-peripheral-side wall section, said vehicle-outer-side wall section and said outer-peripheral-side wall section form a tubular enclosed cross-sectional shape, wherein an opening is formed in part of said frame body portion of one of said upright pillar sash and said upper sash at said corner portion, and said frame body portion of the other of said upright pillar sash and said upper sash is inserted into said frame body portion, of said one of said upright pillar sash and said upper sash, through said opening thereof, wherein a longitudinal-end surface of said other of said upright pillar sash and said upper sash that is inserted into said opening is brought proximate to an inner surface of said frame body portion that extends in the longitudinal direction of said one of said upright pillar sash and said upper sash in which said opening is formed, wherein at least part of an insertion part of said other of said upright pillar sash and said upper sash that is inserted into said opening is fixed and welded to said one of said upright pillar sash and said upper sash, and wherein the longitudinal-end surface includes a region having a portion of a cantilever protrusion brought proximate to an extension of the inner surface such that the portion of the cantilever protrusion is welded to the extension of the inner surface.