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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2010
Kazuo Fukui, Chiryu, JP;
Nobuhide Hashimoto, Okazaki, JP;
Teruji Kuroyanagi, Anjo, JP;
Sadaharu Kagami, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroaki Fukunaga, Aichi-gun, JP;
Kazuo Fukui, Chiryu, JP;
Nobuhide Hashimoto, Okazaki, JP;
Teruji Kuroyanagi, Anjo, JP;
Sadaharu Kagami, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroaki Fukunaga, Aichi-gun, JP;
Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A rear door that includes an upper section, a lower section that connects to the upper section, a trim provided to an inner face of the rear door, and a pull handle portion provided in an interior-side design surface of the trim, the pull handle portion including a handle opening formed in the interior-side design surface at a position spaced from a lower end of the trim in an upward direction, and a recessed portion that runs obliquely downwards, in a state where the rear door is closed, from the handle opening toward a rear of a vehicle body, wherein a section of the trim sandwiched between the handle opening and the lower end of the trim has an outer face that is sunken relative to the interior-side design surface of a general portion of the trim.