Patent ID: 8595979

Claim:
A vehicle rear door, comprising: a door panel including an outer panel disposed at a vehicle exterior side and an inner panel disposed at a vehicle interior side, the door panel having an inside space between the outer panel and the inner panel; a door frame having a vertical portion and mounted to the door panel as a window opening; a division bar extending from the door frame into the door panel so as to divide the window opening; and a movable window made of a resin and supported between the vertical portion of the door frame and the division bar so as to move up and down, wherein the movable window has a flange portion with teeth, the flange portion has a first surface and a second surface, the first surface has the teeth, the second surface is opposite to the first surface, the division bar includes upper and lower division bars which are separately arranged and respectively guide the flange portion so that a part of the teeth is exposed between the upper and lower division bars, each of the upper and lower division bars has a pair of parallel guide walls, one parallel guide wall faces the first surface of the flange portion and the other parallel guide wall guides the second surface of the flange portion, respectively, wherein each of the parallel guide walls extend generally perpendicular to a major planar surface of the movable window and each of the upper and lower division bars extend in a direction from said inner panel toward said outer panel to the vehicle exterior side, the upper division bar has a mount portion provided at a lower end thereof, and the lower division bar has a mount portion provided at an upper end thereof, the vehicle rear door further comprising a motor unit bracket fixed to the mount portions of the upper and lower division bars and supporting a pinion that is engaged with the exposed teeth between the upper and lower division bars.