US 11,807,086 B2
Vehicle and back door
Masami Uehata, Toyota (JP); and Hirofumi Sakaue, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP); and SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP); and SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/704,272.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-055930 (JP), filed on Mar. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0305889 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B60J 5/10 (2006.01); B60J 1/18 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 5/107 (2013.01) [B60J 1/18 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body; and
a back door attached to a rear of the vehicle body, the back door including:
a back window glass;
a door panel including an inner panel arranged on an inner side of the vehicle body, and an outer panel arranged on an outer side of the vehicle body with the back window glass attached to the outer panel, the inner panel and the outer panel each including an upper edge, side edges, and a lower edge to define an open edge where the back window glass is attached;
a hinge fixed to the upper edge of the inner panel and turnably connecting the back door to the vehicle body;
a first reinforcing member laid on the inner panel on the outer side of the vehicle body and fixed to the inner panel together with the hinge, the first reinforcing member having a shape extending downward in a vertical direction of the vehicle body within a range from a hinge support that supports the hinge fixed to the inner panel to a portion overlapping a glass upper edge of the back window glass, and extending outward in a width direction of the vehicle body within a range from the hinge support to the side edge; and
a second reinforcing member including a porous portion and arranged to fill a first space between the first reinforcing member and the outer panel on an outer side in the width direction of the vehicle body from the hinge support to overlap at least a part of the glass upper edge, the second reinforcing member includes a non-porous portion in addition to the porous portion to overlap at least the part of the glass upper edge.