Rear door structure for motor vehicles

Details Rear door structure for motor vehicles Rear door structure for motor vehicles

1986-02-18

1987-02-10

Song, Robert R.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Door or window with specified vehicle feature

296 76, 49476, B60J 510

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046418806

ABSTRACT:
A rear door structure in a hatchback motor vehicle includes a pane of glass having a pair of side edges curved downwardly, and a frame supporting the pane of glass in surrounding relation to an outer peripheral edge thereof. The frame includes a front frame member pivotally mounted on the vehicle body, a rear frame member supporting a rear edge of the pane of glass and having a first channel for receiving water flowing from an outer surface of the rear frame member when the rear door structure is opened, and a pair of side frame members supporting side edges of the pane of glass and each having a second channel communicating with the first channel. The vehicle body includes rear pillars each having a drip channel communicating with the second channels. When the rear door structure is lifted open, water collected in the first channel flows through the second channels into the drip channel, from which the water is drained out.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4433866 (1984-02-01), Hagiwara
patent: 4436336 (1984-03-01), Shimizu
patent: 4508382 (1985-04-01), Tsumoto et al.

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