Patent ID: 9187132
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: B62D,E05D

Abstract:
1. A surrounding structure of a door holding mechanism including: an outer panel being arranged on an outer side location of a vehicle in a vehicle width direction, the outer panel forming a pillar together with an inner panel; a sliding door configured to open and close by sliding in a vehicle front and rear direction in a location rearward of the pillar; and a door holding mechanism configured to hold a rear end portion of the sliding door in a closing condition of the sliding door; wherein a pillar forming area of the outer panel has a substantially crank-shaped form in a cross section; wherein the door holding mechanism is attached to a front face of an intermediate portion of the pillar forming area, and the intermediate portion is arranged along the vehicle width direction; wherein a pillar reinforcement is arranged between the outer panel and the inner panel; wherein the pillar reinforcement includes a front portion and a rear portion, the front portion is overlapped with a rear face of the intermediate portion of the pillar forming area, the rear face is opposed to the front face of the intermediate portion of the pillar forming area and the door holding mechanism is attached to the front face, and the rear portion extends toward the rear portion of the vehicle from a lateral end, in the vehicle width direction, of the front portion; wherein the rear portion of the pillar reinforcement has a substantially crank-shaped form in a middle part thereof in a longitudinal direction thereof; wherein the pillar forming area and the pillar reinforcement form a closed section; wherein a rear end of the pillar reinforcement is joined to the outer panel along a joint portion; wherein a door holding mechanism reinforcement has a cross section which is formed in a substantially L-shaped form, the door holding mechanism reinforcement is arranged on a rear side part of the front portion of the pillar reinforcement so as to correspond to a mounting portion for the door holding mechanism, and the door holding mechanism reinforcement is spaced away from the inner panel in the vehicle width direction; wherein the pillar reinforcement and the door holding mechanism reinforcement form a closed section which is formed in a substantially quadrangular shape; wherein a flange has a cross section which is formed in a substantially L-shaped form, and the flange is formed at the rear end of the pillar reinforcement; and wherein the joint portion in which the outer panel is joined to the rear end of the pillar reinforcement includes a joint part in which the outer panel is joined to the flange.