Patent ID: 7614685
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A vehicle side door structure comprising: an inner panel; an outer panel that is positioned on an outer side of the inner panel in a vehicle-width direction, and that forms a closed space in cooperation with the inner panel; an impact beam that extends in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body, and that is arranged within the closed space at a position close to the outer panel; a bracket that is attached to the inner panel, and that holds a collision detector at a portion of the bracket which is on an inner side of the inner panel in the vehicle-width direction; and a load transmission member that connects the impact beam to the inner panel at a portion that overlaps the bracket from a lateral view, wherein: the collision detector is arranged at a position closer to a rear of the inner panel than to a middle of the inner panel in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body; the bracket is fixedly connected to the inner panel at a portion of the inner panel which is posterior to a portion of the inner panel to which the load transmission member is fixedly connected; and the bracket holds the collision detector at a portion of the bracket which is anterior in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body to the portion of the inner panel to which the load transmission member is fixedly connected.