JPH1035286A - Automobile door and assembling method for automobile door - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily assemble a complete sashed door having an ascendable/ descendable glass in the minimum processes only by manufacturing in advance a sash assembly comprising a sash, a glass, run channels for guiding the glass for its lifting and lowering and a lift mechanism, and integrating the sash assembly with a frame member to which a door inner panel and a door outer panel are fitted. SOLUTION: An automobile door comprises a door frame member 10 adapted to be interposed between a door outer panel 2 and a door inner panel 3 to join therewith, and a door sash assembly 50 obtained by uniting a glass 54 and a glass lift mechanism and adapted to be joined to the door frame member. The door outer panel and the door inner panel are joined to the door frame member, to which the door sash assembly is thereafter joined.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an automobile door and a method of assembling the automobile door.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A door of an automobile includes a door body formed by joining inner and outer plates, and a sash at an upper portion of the door. A plate-like glass is fitted to the sash, and the space inside the sash is closed and opened freely. The glass is configured to be able to be stored in a space formed between the door inner and outer plates, and can be moved up and down by operating a window regulator handle or the like which is an operation member of a glass elevating mechanism provided inside the door. Lower the door to store part, most or all of it inside the door, open part, most or all of the upper part of the door, while raising the glass to seal the space inside the sash.

A conventional vehicle door having a glass lifting mechanism is disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 3-88914 and Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No.
No. 14,279, Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 3-13086, and U.S. Pat. No. 4,416,088 are disclosed. In the above-described technology, the door glass elevating mechanism attached to the door is manufactured separately from the sash on the door side, specifically, inside the outer member of the inner and outer door components,
Mounted and installed on the door.

[0004]

The above prior art has the following disadvantages. The process of joining the door inner and outer panels and insulting the sash to the door is inevitable, but the door and the sash are fitted with glass, and the glass can be raised and lowered by the lifting mechanism. The sash is assembled separately from the sash inside the door, and the assembling of the door inner and outer plates and the sash, glass, and the glass lifting mechanism on the door side are performed individually, which makes the door assembly work complicated. The number of assembling steps is large, which is disadvantageous in terms of manufacturing a door provided with an elevating glass and in terms of cost.

[0005] In addition, when assembling a door of this type in the related art, it is necessary to fit glass into the sash and to assemble the glass elevating mechanism inside the door separately from the sash and the glass on the door side. An assembly error between the glass lifting mechanism and the glass, an assembly error between the glass and the sash, and the like occur. Therefore, it is difficult to maintain high accuracy, and an adjustment operation is required after fitting the glass and assembling the glass lifting mechanism.

[0006] In particular, in maintaining the above assembly accuracy,
The one with excellent glass sealability is to assemble the door, sash, and the glass elevating mechanism individually, so in the assembled state,
It is difficult to immediately obtain one having excellent sealing properties. In particular, since a curved glass is used as a glass for an automobile due to a design requirement, it is difficult to immediately obtain a glass with excellent matching between the glass and the sash in relation to an elevating mechanism. For this reason, an elevating mechanism and an adjustment work between the glass and the sash are often required.

For the above reasons, the door assembling operation requires skill, and the door assembling operation is difficult, so that there are also problems such as the need to secure skilled personnel. In addition, the above-mentioned increase in the number of man-hours including the adjustment work, the complexity of the work, and the cost disadvantage caused by the increase.

In addition to the above, it is necessary to provide a mounting base for the glass elevating mechanism on the door side, and it is necessary to provide a glass elevating and lowering guide mechanism and a guide member. As the height of the glass increases and the glass needs to be moved up and down with high precision, the positioning of the mounting base, the guide mechanism and the guide member also requires high precision, and the manufacture of the door itself becomes complicated and complicated.

The present inventors have made the present invention in order to solve the above-mentioned problems in manufacturing a conventional automobile door provided with a liftable glass. The present inventors have found that when manufacturing this kind of automobile door, the above-mentioned inconvenience arises because the glass lifting mechanism is assembled completely separately from the glass and the sash on the door side, and therefore, the sash, the glass and the glass are attached to the door. When assembling the elevating mechanism, these are integrated beforehand and assembled to the door as an assembly, so that matching of the sash, glass, and elevating mechanism can be easily achieved, assembling to the door is also facilitated, and the glass elevating, sealing with the sash The present invention has been made based on the finding that it is possible to achieve a high degree of accuracy.

An object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily manufacture an automobile door provided with glass, a glass elevating mechanism, and a sash while maintaining high accuracy, and to avoid complication of the door-side structure. Another object of the present invention is to provide an automobile door and a method of assembling the automobile door, which can simplify the structure on the door side.

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the present invention, in a first aspect, a door outer plate and a door inner plate are interposed between the door outer plate and the door inner plate. A door frame member configured to be able to be coupled, a glass, and a door sash assembly that is integrated by assembling the glass lifting / lowering mechanism and configured to be coupled to the door frame member; An automobile door in which a door outer plate and a door inner plate are connected to a frame member, and the door sash assembly is connected to the door frame member.

A frame member for connecting the inner and outer plates of the door,
When connecting the sash, the glass and the glass elevating mechanism are integrally connected to the sash, so there is no need to install a unique glass elevating mechanism on the door side, assembling a glass elevating car door, sash, glass, The lifting mechanism can be easily assembled to the door, and the door can be easily manufactured. Further, matching of the door, sash, and glass accompanying the raising and lowering of the glass can be easily and accurately maintained.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the connection between the door inner and outer plates of the vehicle door and the frame member is detachable, and the connection between the door sash assembly and the frame member is:
Since it is detachable, it is convenient in terms of maintainability such as repair of the lifting mechanism.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a step of assembling a door sash assembly formed by attaching an elevating mechanism for elevating and lowering the glass to a lower portion of the door sash and holding the elevating mechanism and the door sash so that the glass can be moved up and down. And a step of assembling a door outer plate and a door inner plate to the door frame member.

An assembling body in which a glass and a glass elevating mechanism are assembled to a sash is assembled to a door frame member, and integrated, and door inner and outer plates are assembled on both sides of the door frame member, thereby providing an ascending and descending glass for an automobile. It is possible to obtain a door, which facilitates the manufacture of an automobile door provided with an elevating glass, and maintains the elevating and closing accuracy of the glass with high accuracy in a door assembled state.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the step of assembling the door outer plate and the door inner plate to the door frame member interposed therebetween, and attaching a raising and lowering mechanism for raising and lowering the glass below the door sash, wherein the raising and lowering mechanism and the door sash are attached to the door sash. A method of assembling a door for an automobile, comprising assembling a door for an automobile in a step of assembling a door sash assembly formed by holding a glass so as to be movable up and down on the door frame member.

After assembling the door inner and outer panels to the frame member and integrating the door inner and outer panels, the assembled body in which the glass and the glass elevating mechanism are assembled to the sash is assembled to the door frame member and integrated to obtain an automobile door. Therefore, it is easy to manufacture a door for an automobile equipped with an elevating glass, and the elevating and closing accuracy of the glass can be maintained with high accuracy in a door assembled state.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The drawings should be viewed in the direction of reference numerals. FIG. 1 is an explanatory perspective view showing a first embodiment of a method for assembling an automobile door according to the present invention. FIG. 1A is an exploded perspective view of a frame member and a sash assembly.
B is an exploded perspective view showing a state in which the door inner and outer plates are assembled to an assembly in which the frame member and the sash assembly are assembled,
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the obtained door, FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the door,
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 3, showing a detachable connecting portion between a door inner and outer plate and a frame member. FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. FIG. 6 is an explanatory perspective view showing a second embodiment of the method for assembling an automobile door according to the present invention. FIG. 6A is an exploded view of a frame member and door inner and outer plates. FIG. 6B is an exploded perspective view showing a state where the door assembly and the sash assembly are assembled, FIG. 7 is an enlarged perspective view of the sash assembly, and FIG.
FIG. 8 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line -8.

The present invention comprises a glass, a sash assembly having a glass elevating mechanism, an inner and outer plate of a door, a frame member for assembling and integrating the door inner and outer plates, and assembling the sash assembly on the door side, These are assembled together to obtain an automobile door. The sash assembly 1 is shown enlarged in FIG. 7 to facilitate understanding. First, the sash assembly will be described with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 7, reference numeral 50 denotes a sash assembly, and the sash assembly 50 includes a sash main body 51 which is an original sash. In the illustrated example, the sash main body 51 shows a sash for a door at the front of an automobile.
1a is formed to be inclined forward, the rear portion 51b is substantially horizontal, and a rear vertical frame portion 53 is integrally hung downward from the rear portion. In the front-rear middle part of the front part of the sash body 51,
A front vertical frame portion 52 is integrally provided downwardly.

The front part 51a and the rear part 51 of the sash body 51
b, the front and rear vertical frame portions 52 and 53 are formed in a groove shape on the inside, respectively, to form a run channel portion, and front and rear end portions 54a and 54b of the glass 54, a front upper edge portion 54c, and a rear upper edge portion 54d.
And hold it.

In the embodiment, a substantially triangular space portion 55 is formed between the front portion 51c of the front portion 51a and the front portion of the front vertical frame portion 52 of the sash body 51, and a substantially triangular mirror base 56 is formed in the space portion 55. Is fitted and fixed, the triangular space 55 is closed, and a door mirror 57
Attach and support.

Vertical frame portions 52, 53 at the front and rear of the sash body 51
, The front and rear run channels 58 and 59 are integrally suspended downward. The rear run channel 59 has its upper end joined and integrated with the rear vertical frame portion 53, while a bracket 60 is interposed between the upper portion of the front run channel 58 and the lower portion of the front vertical frame portion 52, The front run channel 58 and the front vertical frame 52 are joined and integrated via the bracket 60.

The bracket 60 has an integrated structure in which the front and rear portions are joined by screws or the like, and the front portion 60b of the front half portion 60a is formed in a vertical frame shape, and the foremost hanging portion 51d of the sash body 51 is formed on the front portion 60b. Are fitted and connected with screws or the like. The front part 60d of the rear half part 60c of the bracket 60 is formed in a vertical frame shape, the lower part 52a of the front vertical frame part 52 is fitted from above the front part 60d, and the upper part 58a of the front run channel 58 is connected to the front part. 60d
And the front vertical frame portion 52 and the front run channel 58 are coaxially coupled and integrated.

A cross section of the front and rear run channels 58 and 59 is shown in FIG.
b, 59b, and front and rear end portions 54a, 54 of the glass 54.
b, and a sealing material 61 is fitted and provided in the groove grooves 58b, 59b, and the grooves 58b, 59b are integrally continuous with the grooves of the upper and lower vertical frame portions 52, 53.

An elongated locking hole 62a for rotatably holding a driving pulley 62 of a window regulator constituting a glass elevating mechanism and for locking an operation handle opened to the indoor side is provided in a rear portion 60e of the bracket 60. Prepare. Stays 63 and 64 are attached to the lower ends of the front and rear run channels 58 and 59.
The guide pulleys 66, 67, 68 are rotatably supported by the stays 63, 64, 65. The guide roller 69 is similarly supported on the bracket 60 described above.

These guide pulleys 66, 67, 68, 6
A drive wire 70 is wound around the drive pulley 9 and the drive pulley 62, and the wire 70 is driven by driving the drive pulley 62 with a handle (not shown). Vertical portions before and after the wire 70, that is, portions 70a and 7 between the upper and lower guide pulleys 69 and 66 at the front, and between the upper and lower guide pulleys 68 and 67 at the rear.
0b, the sliders 71, 72 are connected,
Reference numeral 72 is connected to the front and rear portions of the lower end portion of the glass 54 via connecting members 73 and 74. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8,
The front and rear run channels 58 and 59 have sliders 71 and 7 respectively.
2 are provided with eaves-like guide pieces 75, 75 for guiding them.

As described above, the sash assembly 50 integrally includes the sash main body 51 and the run channels 58 and 59 before and after the glass 54 is held in the door when the sash is stored, and the glass 54 is guided up and down. A glass 54 for opening and closing 51, a sash body, a bracket 60 integrated with the run channel 58, glass elevating mechanisms 62, 66, 67,
68, 69 and 70 are provided integrally. Such a sash assembly 50 is assembled in advance.

In the sash assembly 50 described above, the drive pulley 62 is rotated and driven by the operation handle,
The drive wire 70 is driven endlessly via guide pulleys 66 to 69, and the guide pulleys 69 and 6 of the drive wire 70 are driven.
The portions 70a, 70b between 6 and 68, 67 move up and down, and the sliders 71, 72 are attached to the portions 70a, 70b.
The glass 54 connected via this moves up and down to open and close the sash main body 51.

Next, a first embodiment of a door assembling method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 1a,
2 shows the sash assembly 50 and the door frame member 10 described above. The frame member 10 has a substantially U-shaped main body 1 in side view.
The main body 11 is formed by bending a square pipe-shaped member into a substantially U-shape in a side view, and includes a lower horizontal portion 11a and a front and rear rising portion 11b that is raised from the front and rear of the horizontal portion 11a. , 1
1c.

The impact beam 1 is provided between the intermediate portions in the height direction of the front and rear standing portions 11b and 11c, and in the embodiment, outside the room.
2 is installed in the front-rear direction, and is also used as a reinforcing member between the front and rear upright portions 11b and 11c. The impact beam 12
The impact beam 12 is held between the support stays 13 provided on the outer surfaces of the front and rear standing portions 11b and 11c, and the cross-sectional shape of the impact beam 12 may be a square pipe shape or a round pipe shape as shown in FIG. May be.

Upright portions 11b before and after the frame member 10,
11c, the mounting portions 14, 15 of the sash assembly 50 are provided.
Are provided integrally. The front mounting portion 14 has a structure that fits with the lower half of the front half front portion 60b of the bracket 60 of the sash assembly 50 described above.
To the sash assembly 50
And the frame member 10 are combined and integrated.

On the other hand, the lower portion of the rear vertical frame portion 53 of the sash body 51 of the sash assembly 50 is overlapped with the rear mounting portion 15 of the frame member 10 in the front-rear direction, and connected with screws 16 and the like. 50 rear and frame member 10
And are integrated. As described above, the frame member 10 and the sash assembly 50 are assembled and integrated to obtain the sash / frame assembly 20. The assembled body 20 obtained by assembling the sash assembled body 50 with the frame member 10 is shown in the middle part of FIG. 1B.

The door outer plate 2 and the door inner plate 3 are made to face both sides of the sash and frame assembly 20 described above. In the embodiment, the door inner and outer plates 2 and 3 are resin inner and outer plates formed of resin, for example, a polypropylene resin is used as a resin material, which is formed into the shape of the door inner and outer plates, and the surface is painted. It was done.

As shown in FIG. 1B, the door outer plate 2 has a plate-shaped main body 2a having a curved cross-sectional shape in which an intermediate portion in the height direction bulges outward, and is provided between the front and rear portions of the inner surface 2b. End plates 2c and 2d projecting in the directions are integrally provided. In addition, locking projections 4 on the inner surface 2b, inside the end plates 2c and 2d, and at the lower portion, etc., are integrally provided so as to protrude.

In the embodiment, the inner plate 3 has a structure in which a door lining portion is integrally provided on the indoor side, and includes an armrest portion 5 on the indoor side, a storage portion 6, a speaker grill portion 7, and the like on the lower side.
In the upper part of the armrest 5, an opening 8 is provided for guiding a regulator handle for driving the glass elevating mechanism to the indoor side. Although not shown in FIG. 1B, a locking projection 9 similar to the outer plate 2 is integrally formed on the back surface 3a of the inner plate 3 facing the outer plate 2 as shown in FIG. Protrude and prepare.

Between the door inner and outer plates 2 and 3, the frame member 10 constituting the lower half of the sash and frame assembly 20 is provided.
And assembled on both sides of the frame member 10. As shown in FIG. 3, a locking hole is provided in the frame member 10, and the locking protrusions 4... The inner and outer plates 2 and 3 are assembled and fixed to both sides of the frame member 10.

FIG. 4 shows an engagement state between the locking projection 4 of the outer plate 2 and the locking hole 17 of the frame member 10, for example. The tip of the locking projection 4 is provided with a bifurcated locking portion 4a. The locking portion 4a has a sharp tip, and a neck 4b at the rear of the tip.
The engaging portion 4a is inserted into the engaging hole 17 and the distal end portion 4a is provided.
The locking portion 4a is reduced in diameter through the forked portion by the insertion into the locking hole 17, and the neck portion 4b is engaged with the inner diameter portion of the locking hole 17 to lock the outer plate 2 to the frame member 10. The engagement between the other locking projections and the locking holes in FIG. 3 is the same, and the locking of the inner plate 3 is the same. The inner and outer plates 2 and 3 are detachably attached to the frame members 2 and 3. It will be locked.

In FIG. 3, a predetermined one of the locking projections 4 of the outer plate 2 is engaged with the impact beam 12, and a spacer member 21 is provided between the outer plate 2 and the frame member 10.
A spacer member 22 is provided between the frame member 10 and the frame member 10. When the door inner and outer panels 2 and 3 are assembled to the frame member 10, the front end of the frame member 10 is connected to the outer panel 2 in the embodiment.
Are closed by the front and rear end plates 2c and 2d, and the frame member 1
An opening in the front-rear direction is formed above the door inner and outer plates 2 and 3 assembled to the door 0.

The sash body 51 of the sash assembly 50 protrudes upward from the upper openings of the door inner and outer plates 2 and 3 assembled. The front and rear run channels 58 and 59 that constitute the lower half of the sash assembly 50 and the equipment attached thereto, ie, the bracket 60 and the drive pulley 6
2, stays 63, 64, 65, guide pulleys 66, 6
7, 68, 69 and the wire 70 are stored inside the door.

The locking structure of the lower end portions of the door inner and outer plates 2 and 3 which are closed, as shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 5, has an engaging recess 2e protruding in the direction of the inner plate 3 at the lower end portion of the outer plate 2. The engaging recess 2e is formed in a groove shape opened upward, and a shelf 2f is provided in the direction of the inner plate 3 above the engaging recess 2e. Inner plate 3
An engagement piece 3e that engages with the engagement recess 2e from above is provided at a lower end portion of the, and the engagement piece 3e is engaged with the engagement recess 2e.
The upper portion of the engaging piece 3e is bent in the direction of the inner plate 3 and extends, and a step 3f is placed and engaged with the shelf 2f from above, and the shelf 2f is overlapped on the step 3f. As described above, the lower ends of the door inner and outer plates 2 and 3 are engaged and integrated.

As described above, the door inner and outer plates 2 and 3 are sashed,
Frame member 1 constituting the lower half of frame assembly 20
Assemble to 0 integrally. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the automobile door 1 obtained by the above method in which the frame member 10 is provided between the inner and outer plates 2 and 3 and the sash body 51 is protruded upward.

Although the embodiment of FIG. 1 has been described above, the glass lifting mechanism is of a manually operated type in this embodiment, but may be of an electrically driven type, and may be replaced with the driving pulley described above. An electric motor may be used and the wire may be driven by the motor. Also, it was explained that the door was made of resin,
An inner and outer plate made of a steel plate may be used.

FIG. 6 shows a second embodiment of the assembling method according to the present invention. Also in this embodiment, the sash assembly, the frame member, and the door inner / outer plate are the same as those described above, and the order of assembly is different from that described above. Description is omitted.

As shown in FIG. 6A, the frame member 10
Prepare Door inner and outer plates 2 on both sides of the frame member 10
3 and the door inner and outer plates 2 on both sides of the frame member 10.
3 is assembled and integrated in the same manner as above to obtain a door assembly 30. The door assembly 30 is shown below FIG.

The sash assembly 50 is the same as described above.
The sash body 51, front and rear run channels 58 and 59, glass 53, a door mirror 57, a bracket 60 for holding a driving pulley constituting an elevating mechanism, a wire 70, and the like are integrally assembled and provided. The sash assembly 50 is shown in the upper part of FIG.

The sash assembly 50 faces upward as shown in FIG. 6 on the door assembly 30 shown in FIG. 6B, and the lower half of the sash assembly 50 is attached to the door assembly. The lower half of the sash assembly 50 is inserted into the front and rear mounting portions 14 and 15 of the frame member 10 housed in the door assembly 30 with screws 31. The front and rear portions of the bracket 60, specifically, the front end portion 60b of the bracket 60 and the upper portion of the rear run channel 59 are joined together, the door assembly 30 is assembled, and a sash 51 as shown in FIG. 1
Get.

Also in the present embodiment, the glass lifting mechanism may be of an electric motor type as described above, and the door may be of a steel plate. In the first embodiment and the second embodiment, the door lining portion is integrally formed on the indoor side surface of the door inner plate 3, but the door lining is combined with the inner plate 3. Is separate,
Thereafter, a door lining may be attached to a surface of the inner plate 3 on the indoor side.

[0049]

According to the present invention, the following effects are exhibited by the above configuration. In claim 1, a door frame member interposed between a door outer plate and a door inner plate so that the door outer plate and the door inner plate can be coupled to each other, glass, and the glass elevating and lowering member. A door sash assembly, wherein the door sash and the door inner plate are connected to the door frame member, and the door sash is connected to the door frame member. Since the assembled body was combined to form an automobile door, as in the past,
Assemble the glass elevating mechanism inside the door via brackets, assemble the glass elevating guide mechanism separately on the door side, assemble the sash on the door and sash separately from the elevating mechanism, glass, and the glass elevating guide mechanism, complete the door Compared to the conventional door production, which requires a lot of man-hours and troublesome work,
In the present invention, a sash and glass, a run channel for guiding the glass up and down, and an elevating mechanism are manufactured as a sash assembly, and the sash assembly is assembled to a frame member for assembling the door inner and outer plates to obtain a finished product door. As a result, a door with a sash provided with the elevating glass can be a minimum man-hour and a simple assembling operation. Therefore, it contributes to requests for simplification of doors and cost reduction.

Further, according to the present invention, the sash assembly in which the sash, glass, the glass elevating mechanism and the glass elevating guide mechanism are integrally assembled is assembled to a frame member which integrates the door inner and outer plates to constitute the door. It is very easy to match the glass with the sash and the glass elevating mechanism, and even if there is an assembly error between the glass, the sash and the elevating mechanism,
It can be cleared at the stage of obtaining the previous sash assembly after assembling to the door, and at the stage of the sash assembly, if you obtain a smooth sash assembly with the glass up and down, this can be Just assembling, no need for adjustment such as raising and lowering glass,
An automobile door with excellent precision can be obtained.

Further, according to the present invention, a sash assembly is obtained by a completely separate operation from the door assembly, and the sash assembly and the frame member are integrated, and the door inner and outer plates are assembled, or the frame member and the door inner and outer members are assembled. Since the sash assembly is assembled to the assembly with the plate, the production of the door with the glass elevating sash is extremely simplified, and therefore, the troublesome and difficult glass elevating adjustment is required. Without
A glass-elevating door with a sash can be easily obtained without requiring skill.

According to a second aspect, in the first aspect,
The connection between the door inner and outer plates and the frame member is detachable, and the connection between the door sash assembly and the frame member is
Since it is detachable, the door inner and outer plates can be removed when necessary, which is extremely convenient in terms of maintainability such as repair of a lifting mechanism which is incorporated in the door.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the method of assembling a door for a vehicle, a door sash assembly formed by attaching an elevating mechanism for raising and lowering the glass to a lower portion of the door sash, and holding the glass on the elevating mechanism and the door sash so as to be movable up and down. ,
Since the step of assembling the door frame member and the step of assembling the door outer plate and the door inner plate with the door frame member were to assemble the automobile door, the sash was assembled with a glass and a glass elevating mechanism. By assembling and integrating with the door frame member and assembling the door inner and outer plates on both sides of the door frame member, it is possible to obtain an automobile door equipped with a vertically movable glass.

Accordingly, it is easy to manufacture a door for an automobile having an elevating glass, and it is possible to improve the elevating and closing accuracy of the glass.
It can be checked and adjusted before door assembly,
With the door assembled, the glass can be immediately moved up and down and the sealing accuracy can be maintained at a desired high accuracy.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the method for assembling a door for an automobile, a step of assembling a door outer plate and a door inner plate to a door frame member interposed therebetween, and an elevating mechanism for elevating and lowering the glass below the door sash. Since the door sash assembly formed by holding the glass to the elevating mechanism and the door sash so as to be able to move up and down freely is attached to the door frame member, the automobile door is assembled.
After assembling the door inner and outer panels to the frame member and integrating the door inner and outer panels, assembling the sash with the glass and the glass elevating mechanism assembled to the door frame member, integrating them, and immediately producing the finished automobile door Obtainable.

Therefore, it is easy to manufacture a door for an automobile equipped with an elevating glass, and the elevating and closing accuracy of the glass can be improved.
Even after the door is assembled, high accuracy can be maintained without requiring adjustment.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a first method of assembling an automobile door according to the present invention.
1A is an exploded perspective view of a frame member and a sash assembly, and FIG. 1B is a door to an assembly in which the frame member and the sash assembly are assembled. Exploded perspective view showing a state where inner and outer plates are assembled.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the obtained door.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of a door.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 3, showing a detachable connecting portion between a door inner and outer plate and a frame member.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG. 3, and is an enlarged sectional view of an engagement portion at an end of a door inner / outer plate;

FIG. 6 shows a second method of assembling the vehicle door according to the present invention.
FIG. 6A is an exploded perspective view of a frame member and door inner and outer plates, and FIG. 6B is an exploded view showing a state where a door assembly and a sash assembly are assembled. Perspective view

FIG. 7 is an enlarged perspective view of the sash assembly.

8 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 8-8 of FIG. 7;

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Automobile door 2, 3 ... Door inner and outer plates, 10 ... Frame member, 50 ... Sash assembly, 53 ... Glass,
62: a drive pulley constituting a glass elevating mechanism, 70
... wires that make up the glass lifting mechanism.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A door frame member interposed between a door outer plate and a door inner plate so that the door outer plate and the door inner plate can be coupled to each other, glass, and the glass elevating mechanism. And a door sash assembly configured to be able to be coupled to the door frame member, wherein the door outer plate and the door inner plate are coupled to the door frame member, and the door frame member An automobile door, wherein the door sash assembly is combined with the door sash assembly. 2. The automobile according to claim 1, wherein the connection between the door inner / outer plate and the frame member is detachable, and the connection between the door sash assembly and the frame member is detachable. For door. 3. A door sash assembly formed by attaching an elevating mechanism for elevating and lowering the glass to a lower portion of the door sash and holding the elevating mechanism and the door sash so that the glass can be raised and lowered.
A method of assembling an automobile door, comprising: assembling a door frame member; and assembling a door outer plate and a door inner plate to the door frame member. 4. A step of assembling a door outer plate and a door inner plate to a door frame member interposed therebetween, and mounting an elevating mechanism for raising and lowering the glass below the door sash, whereby the glass can be raised and lowered on the elevating mechanism and the door sash. Assembling the door sash assembly formed by holding the door sash to the door frame member.