Shiroki Corporation

Aisin Shiroki Corporation

Jun Kimura

Takashi Kameyama

Jun Makita

Takayuki Okada

Door channel

A method of manufacturing a door channel is provided. The door channel is provided in a space defined between an inner panel and an outer panel of a vehicle door and has an outside wall and a connection wall connected to the outside wall. The method includes: (a) disposing the door channel in a die; and (b) forming a cut portion in a comer portion of the door channel by punching the comer portion by a punch. The cut portion includes: a first cut portion formed in a comer portion of the outside wall; and a second cut portion formed in a corner portion of the connection wall and communicating with the first cut portion. By the first cut portion, a first cut surface and a second cut surface facing each other are formed on the outside wall. In the step (b), the first cut portion and the second cut portion are formed by a single punching.

Method of manufacturing door channel

A vehicle door frame includes a door sash, a belt-line reinforcement member, and a bracket which connects the door sash and the belt-line reinforcement member to each other and is fixed to a door panel. The bracket is welded to the belt-line reinforcement member at a plurality of welding portions, each of the welding portions defining a welding line, where an extension of each of the welding lines are not aligned with one another.

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Fujisawa, Japan

Jun Kimura