Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Kiyokazu Nitta

Kenji Chiba

Takayuki Okubo

Keigo Nakamura

Yoshito Fujimoto

Futoshi Saito

Yuuki Katou

Provided is a resin back door for a hatchback vehicle including a resin inner panel, a resin outer panel, and a lower-side reinforcing member made of metal extending in a vehicle width direction to be fixed to a lower side portion of the inner panel. The lower-side reinforcing member is locked to a vehicle lower structure via a door lock mechanism when the resin back door is closed.

Resin back door for vehicle

A resin back door includes an inner panel, an upper outer panel, and a reinforcing member fixed to the inner panel, and the upper outer panel and the reinforcing member are fastened with a bolt. In the resin back door, the reinforcing member has a flat plate portion extending along an inner surface of the upper outer panel, the reinforcing member has a fastened portion formed as an arm extending after bending from the flat plate portion toward the upper outer panel, and the upper outer panel has a fastened portion formed as a thin thickness portion having a plate thickness smaller than that of a general portion.

Resin back door

A vehicle rear door made of resin includes an inner panel having a rear window opening, a lower outer panel including an edge portion which is secured to the inner panel along a periphery portion of the rear window opening, a rear window glass attached to the edge portion of the lower outer panel on an exterior side of a passenger compartment, and an interior trim attached to the interior panel on an interior side of the passenger compartment. An edge portion of the interior trim is secured to a rib of the inner panel disposed at a front edge of the inner panel along the peripheral portion of the rear window opening.

Vehicle rear door made of resin

A resin back door includes a resin inner panel, a resin lower outer panel, and a metal reinforcing member disposed in a hollow space defined by the inner panel and the lower outer panel. In the resin back door, the reinforcing member has an annular shape extending along an outer peripheral edge of the inner panel, and includes right and left reinforcing members and a lower-side reinforcing member which are separated from each other and fixed to the inner panel with an adhesive leaving a gap. The reinforcing members are connected by using right and left corner connecting members and an upper connecting member to constitute the reinforcing member.

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Miyoshi, Japan

Kiyokazu Nitta