Patent ID: 9074398
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: B60J,E05D

Abstract:
1. A vehicle door structure comprising: a first door panel which is installed at a first opening section provided in a vehicle body, the first door panel opens and closes the first opening section; a second door panel which is installed at a second opening section continuously provided adjacent to the first opening section, the second door panel opens and closes the second opening section; a sliding mechanism with which the first door panel is slidably mounted with respect to the vehicle body and the second door panel, and the first door panel is moved between a closed position at which the first opening section is closed and an open position at which the first door panel overlaps the second door panel at the same time as the first opening section is fully opened; and a swinging mechanism with which the second door panel is swingably supported with respect to the vehicle body, and the second door panel is made swingable when the first door panel is at the open position, the vehicle door structure further includes a locking mechanism with which the first door panel is locked to the second door panel when the second door panel is opened, wherein the locking mechanism is composed of a locking part which is provided on one of the first door panel and the second door panel, and is provided so as to be movable backward and forward along a direction in which the first door panel and the second door panel overlap each other according to opening and closing of the second door panel, and a part to be locked which is provided on the other one of the first door panel and the second door panel, to be locked by the locking part when the second door panel is opened, the locking part moves toward the part to be locked, to lock the part to be locked when the second door panel is opened, the sliding mechanism is composed of an upper slide rail, a lower slide rail, and an intermediate slide rail provided on the second door panel, the intermediate slide rail provided between the upper slide rail and lower slide rail, and an upper slide part, a lower slide part, and an intermediate slide part which are provided on the first door panel, the upper slide part, the lower slide part, and the intermediate slide part slide in the upper slide rail, the lower slide rail, and the intermediate slide rail, respectively, and the part to be locked is provided on the intermediate slide part, the locking part includes a contacting member, a locking member, and a coupling member, wherein a first end of the contacting member is pivotally coupled to a first end of the coupling member, a first end of the locking member is pivotally coupled to a second end of the coupling member, and a second end of the locking member is configured to contact the part to be locked and the locking member moves into the intermediate slide rail when the second door panel is opened.