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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2010
Takayuki Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Shimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Go Yamane, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Koyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Shimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Go Yamane, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Koyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Shiroki Corporation, Fujisawa-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle door frame includes first and second door frame members which are positioned end-to-end to be butt-welded to each other, wherein each of the first and second door frame members includes a design part, an enclosed section provided on a vehicle interior side, a connecting part which connects an inner surface of the design part with the enclosed section; and first and second dam protrusions which project from the inner surface of the design part and are positioned on opposite sides of the connecting part, respectively. Molten metal is present in the first and second spaces after the molten metal has melted and passed through the inner surface of the design part from the outer surface thereof upon butted ends of the first and second door frame members being butt-welded to each other from the outer surface of the design part.