Patent ID: 8109558
Filing Date: 2012-02-07
Classification: B60J,E05F,E05Y

Abstract:
1. A door structure of a vehicle body, comprising: a door for opening and closing a door opening formed in the vehicle body; a first side impact bar extending in backward and forward directions of the vehicle body; a second side impact bar provided separately from the first side impact bar and extending in the backward and forward directions of the vehicle body, an entire portion of the first side impact bar extending above the second side impact bar, defining a space therebetween; a bracket made of a single-piece sheet metal and provided in the space by attaching a first end portion to the first side impact bar and a second end portion, opposite to the first end portion, to the second side impact bar as to straddle the first and second side impact bars, the bracket having a surface that faces an interior of the vehicle body; and a window regulator, attached to the surface of the bracket that faces the interior of the vehicle body, for lifting and lowering a door glass along a track comprising a path along which the door glass travels during rising and lowering, the window regulator including a drive motor and a drum for actuating an arm holding the door glass, wherein the first and second side impact bars are disposed more outwardly of the vehicle body in the width direction than the track, both of the drive motor and the drum are mounted on the bracket in an area defined between the first and second side impact bars in a height direction of the vehicle body, and both of the drive motor and the drum are mounted on the bracket within a sectional area of the first and second side impact bars in a width direction of the vehicle body.