Single parting line between side door and back door of a...

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2000-02-04

2002-05-14

Gordon, Stephen T. (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Door or window with specified vehicle feature

C296S209000, C296S146800, C296S190110, C296S183100

Reexamination Certificate

active

06386618

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND
The invention is directed to an improved body structure arrangement between a side door and a back door of a vehicle. The invention is applicable to, for example, a sport utility vehicle, a sport utility truck, a minivan, a hatchback, and other types of vehicles.
FIGS. 1 and 2
show a prior art arrangement.
FIG. 2
is a top cross-sectional view taken along plane II—II in FIG.
1
.
FIGS. 1 and 2
show a vehicle
100
having a side door
110
and a back door
140
. The side door
110
includes a side door inner panel
112
, a side door outer panel
114
, and side door glass
116
. A back pillar
120
is formed from a back pillar outer panel
124
and a back pillar inner panel
122
. The back door
140
includes a back door inner panel
142
and a back door outer panel
144
, and also includes glass
146
. Two seals
152
and
154
, respectively, provide a seal between the doors
110
and
140
and back pillar
120
. As viewed from outside the vehicle (with the doors shut) the back pillar outer panel
124
separates the side and back doors.
FIG. 3
is a perspective view of another arrangement of body structure for joining a side door and a back door. The
FIG. 3
arrangement is for a sport utility truck. In
FIG. 3
, as viewed from outside the vehicle (with the side and back doors shut), a back pillar outer panel
224
separates a side door
210
and a back door
240
. Such an arrangement is shown in
International Automobile Manufacturing Update
, Volume 10, Number 8, August 1999.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the invention is to provide an improved arrangement between a side door and a back door of a vehicle.
The invention is a vehicle having a body; a side door, mounted on the body, at a side of the vehicle; and a back door, mounted on the body, at a back of the vehicle. The side door and the back door are mounted on the body such that a rear edge of the side door and an outboard edge of the back door are adjacent to each other when the side door and the back door are closed.
The invention may also include a seal to seal a gap between the rear edge of the side door and the outboard edge of the back door.
The invention may further include a back pillar outer panel recessed from an outer surface of the vehicle. The seal can be mounted on the back pillar outer panel to seal a gap between the rear edge of the side door and the outboard edge of the back door.


REFERENCES:
patent: 4480868 (1984-11-01), Koto
patent: 5934727 (1999-08-01), Store et al.
patent: 5964496 (1999-10-01), Nozaki et al.
patent: 6070932 (2000-06-01), Lopez-Baquero et al.
patent: 63-11251 (1988-01-01), None
Photographs, Figures 8-11, (4 Sheets) Mar. 1999.
International Automobile Manufacturers Update, vol. 10, No. 8, 4 pages, (Aug. 1999).

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