Patent ID: 9102218
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A vehicle door structure comprising: an outer panel disposed on an outboard side; an inner panel disposed on an inboard side; and a beam member attached to the inner panel so as to extend in a fore-and-aft direction of a vehicle body, wherein: a cross section of the beam member comprises an S-shaped cross section part; the S-shaped cross section part is formed by a pair of channel sections each having a C-shaped cross section with a convex side thereof facing sideways, the two channel sections being connected one above the other in a mutually laterally reversed configuration; and at least one access hole is formed in a part of a vertically extending portion of one of the two channel sections of the beam member that is vertically enlarged than another part of the vertically extending portion adjacent thereto in the fore-and-aft direction, the at least one access hole being formed so as not to cross any of ridge lines defined by the pair of channel sections.