Patent ID: 7306279
Filing Date: 2007-12-11
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. A rear door that is provided in an openable and closable manner at a vehicle body rear portion, the rear door comprising: a frame unit that forms along an external edge of the rear door, said frame unit comprising a frame member on a vehicle interior side and a panel member on a vehicle exterior side, said frame member and said panel member being joined together and cooperating to define a frame opening portion; a lateral beam that extends across the frame opening portion so as to partition the frame opening portion into a glass mounting opening portion and outer plate member mounting opening portion; a door windshield panel disposed in the glass mounting opening portion such that the lateral beam extends between both lower end corner portions of the door windshield panel; and wherein at coupling portions of the frame unit and the lateral beam, the frame unit and the lateral beam each have a closed sectional structure, with closed sections of the frame unit and the lateral beam being continuous.