Patent ID: 8042859

Claim:
A structure of a door of a vehicle, comprising: a main door body including an outer panel and an inner panel joined to one another, the outer panel and the inner panel forming a door lower half as well as a rising part having a surface common with the outer panel and extending upward from a rear upper end of the door lower half and facing a side edge of a roof via an upper part thereof; a bracket-shaped sash assembly including a front vertical sash joined to an upper end of the door lower half, and a roof-facing sash extending in a horizontal direction from an upper end of the front vertical sash and joined to an upper end of the rising part, the roof-facing sash including a bend, such that, in plan view, the roof-facing sash at a rear of the bend inclines, with respect to a center line of the vehicle that extends in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, in a lateral direction of the vehicle and toward the center line, by an angle larger than an angle by which the roof-facing sash at a front of the bend is inclined, with respect to the center line, in the lateral direction of the vehicle and towards the center line of the vehicle; and a center sash having an upper end joined to the bend and a lower end joined to the door lower half.