Patent ID: 8226151
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A rear door structure in which a rear door is openably and closably provided on a rear portion of a vehicle body, wherein: the rear door comprises: a door frame; a door panel attached to a vehicle exterior side of the door frame; an inclined surface, when the rear door closes, inclining backward and downward from a roof of the vehicle body; and a vertical surface, when the rear door closes, extending downward from the rear end of the inclined surface; the door panel comprises an upper door panel constituting the inclined surface and a lower door panel provided on the lower portion of the upper door panel and constituting the vertical surface; a rear glass is attached to the upper door panel and an extra window glass is attached to the lower door panel; a lower edge portion of the upper door panel and an upper edge portion of the lower door panel mutually overlap so as to form a lateral beam having a closed cross section and extending in a vehicle width direction; and, the lower end of the rear glass and the upper end of the extra window glass are attached to the lateral beam.