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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2012
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a vehicle door which is mounted via a hinge () to an upper edge portion of a door opening portion () that is formed on a vehicle body and which is pivotable in an up-down direction and which includes a door body () formed of metal, a decorative member () that is attached to a vehicle outer side of a lower portion of the door body (), an outer plate portion () which is mounted on the decorative member () and disposed to be spaced apart from a vehicle outer side surface of the door body () and which has a predetermined width in the up-down direction and extends over a substantially overall width in a door width direction, a bottom plate portion () which is mounted on the decorative member () and extends from a lower end of the outer plate portion () to a vehicle inner side so as to be directed to a position lower than a lower end of the door body (), and a protruding plate portion () which is provided on the decorative member () and protrudes upward from a position close to a vehicle inner side tip of the bottom plate portion (), the protruding plate portion having an upper end extending further upward than the lower end of the door body () and being continuously formed in a direction from a position close to a first end portion to a position close to a second end portion of the outer plate portion () in the door width direction, the protruding plate portion being in contact with the vehicle outer side surface of a lower end portion of the door body ().